Racial/Ethnic Diversity = Declining Public Programs

Interesting (but sad) article in the New York Times discussed that support for various types of public spending (i.e., health care, welfare programs, unemployment insurance, etc.) falls as diversity rises. It seems that America's racial and ethnic (also religious) divisions reduce the incentive to help one another. One of the studies sited in the article reported that the percentage of people who support welfare spending decreases as the number of recipients from their own racial group falls. Unfortunately I can't see any light at the end of this tunnel.

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[Dragon Horse]

Thanks for linking me. :-)