Dems '100 Hours' Agenda Does Little to Address Economic Divide Between Whites and People of Color

by Democracy Now (reposted)

Tue, Jan 9, 2007 9:12AM

House Democrats are set to begin their first "100 legislative hours" today. A new study has found their new agenda does little to address the economic divide between whites and people of color. We speak with the executive director of United for a Fair Economy.

Newly in charge House Democrats are set to begin their first "100 legislative hours" today. They have promised to pass a series of bills that they say amounts to "a New Direction for America." The Democratic agenda includes increasing the minimum wage, cutting the interest rate on student loans, reducing the price of prescription drugs and ending some subsidies to big oil companies.

But a new study has found that this agenda does little to address the economic divide in this country between whites and people of color and that the impact of the legislation will not change the economic inequalities between the races. The report is titled "State of the Dream 2007: Voting Blue, Staying in The Red" and is being released today by United for a Fair Economy.

* Meizhu Lui, executive director of United for a Fair Economy. She is the co-author of the report.

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