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Black Economics & Christmas Spending

The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan:

“Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in his last public message before he was assassinated talked about redistributing the pain through Economic Withdrawal. We have a purchasing power of over 1 trillion dollars but in our reckless and wasteful spending habits we have not been able to pool our resources in a collective manner. By strategically engaging in economic withdrawal we can begin putting power behind our demands and build a new and better reality. Let us start by not spending money during the Christmas season. Why should we make the merchants rich by their wicked manipulation and exploitation of the emotions of children, parents, families and those we love, with their pagan practices that have nothing to do with the celebration and observance of the righteous servant of God, Jesus.”

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