Politics at Nine

When I was taught to be a Republican as a child it was based on the following three principles:

1. All of our tax dollars go to lazy black people on food stamps.
2. Jesse Jackson is the devil.
3. Give more money to rich people and they will spend it more responsibly, thus helping the economy and benefiting everyone.

The 1994 Omnibus Crime Bill

I was just reading up on HR 3355, the 1994 Omnibus Crime Bill. This is the thing that people are using to accuse Bill Clinton of being a racist. Two interesting points:

• Bernie voted Yea on HR 3355
• So did most of the Congressional Black Caucus

That bill had major unintended consequences (against blacks) but I don't think it was racist in intent.

Here is another interesting point: Jesse Jackson (who was the antichrist according to my upbringing) foresaw the negative consequences of 3355 and was against the bill.