The Christian Science Monitor may want to ask columnists to do a bit more research. And this was our Secretary of Labor? He knows nothing of what he speaks.
First the headline states: Mississippi’s new voter-identification law suppresses those who cannot afford the cost of a photo ID, writes Robert Reich.
And the so-called expert in Economic Policy Robert Reich launches into the misleading and false narrative. What about free is “unaffordable” to the poor and suppressing those unable to afford “free.” What a load of idiocy.
Mississippi used its new voter-identification law for the first time Tuesday — requiring voters to show a driver’s license or other government-issued photo ID at the polls.The official reason given for the new law is alleged voter fraud, although the state hasn’t been able to provide any evidence that voter fraud is a problem.The real reason for the law is to suppress the votes of the poor, especially African-Americans, some of whom won’t be able to afford the cost of a photo ID.
