Back-to-back speeches at the 99th NAACP Convention, July 2008: on Welfare & Poverty


Barack Obama: Still denying decent wages, good benefits, & fair treatment

It matters little if you have the right to sit at the front of the bus if you can’t afford the bus fare; it matters little if you have the right to sit at the lunch counter if you can’t afford the lunch. So long as Americans are denied the decent wages, and good benefits, and fair treatment they deserve, the dream for which so many gave so much will remain out of reach; that to live up to our founding promise of equality for all, we have to make sure that opportunity is open to all Americans.
Source: McCain-Obama speeches at 99th NAACP Convention Jul 12, 2008

  • The above quotations are from Back-to-back speeches by John McCain and Barack Obama at the 99th NAACP Convention, July 2008.
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