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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The United States Revenue Act of 1913 allowed the Federal government to tax the income of individuals and that money went toward Social Security, Medicare Hospital Insurance, unemployment insurance, highway and mass transit spending, and education.
The Voting Rights Act was signed on August 6, 1965 helped break down the legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote.  
1965 minus 1913 equals 52.  For Fifty-two years blacks were being taxed as citizens but not allowed to vote as citizens and its safe to assume the majority of their tax dollars were not put toward their communities or their individual interests but were put toward improving the lives and prosperity of white citizens.  
Speaking of individual interests, the Social Security Act of 1935 which provided a safety net for millions of workers, guaranteeing them an income after retirement, specifically excluded two occupations: agricultural workers and domestic servants who were predominately African American.
Once again, blacks paying their fair share but getting nothing in return.[/quote]

Um, the 15th amendment was ratified in 1870, not 1965.[/quote]

This is true but if the 15th Amendment granting African-Americans the right to vote was legitimate there wouldn't have been any need for the Voting Rights Act of 1965.[/quote]

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