Who wants cradle to grave?

[American_Jihad]

Why Liberalism Is On The Wrong Side Of History ​

John Hawkins | Dec 03, 2013

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Liberals dream of one day seeing all Americans permanently locked in the smothering, cradle-to-grave death grip of the nanny state. Nothing excites a liberal more than the idea of controlling where you go to school, regulating your work and play, deciding what type of health care you're going to have and then deciding when you get to retire and how much money you have when you do. Even if you want to choose, you can't. Even if you want to break free, you're stuck. You're not allowed to make different choices because liberals have made it illegal.

What if you're pro-choice on spending your tax dollars on a private school instead of a public school? What if you'd prefer to keep your current health care plan instead of a much more expensive new plan that provides coverage you don't need? What if you'd rather invest your own Social Security money instead of giving it to the government? Sorry, but you don't get a choice. You get the same antiquated 1920s style mentality that prompted Henry Ford to say, "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black."

It's a kinder, gentler version of George Orwell's horrific "boot stamping on a human face - forever." In the liberal version, it's a boot gently pressing you to the ground, forever, "for your own good" -- as if liberals have the slightest idea of what "your own good" might be. Certainly, they believe they know what's best for you. It's what they were told by their college professors, the New York Times and their friends. There's a whole echo chamber dedicated to telling them exactly what they want to hear about how other people should be living.

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Liberals like expensive health care plans that pay for birth control and maternity care; so EVERYONE has to have those plans or be taxed. Liberals love abortion; so they believe EVERY STATE must make abortion legal, even the ones that are pro-life. Liberals want to control how your children are educated; so they refuse to allow parents to choose whether they want to spend their tax dollars on public or private schools. Most people have hundreds of options on TV, on the Internet and in the grocery store; yet liberals want to use the federal government to take all of your choices away when it comes to guns, education, your retirement and your health care.

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Why Liberalism Is On The Wrong Side Of History - John Hawkins - Page full

 

[American_Jihad]

Cradle to Grave—The D.C. Solution

December 17, 2013


District of Columbia officials have re-opened the cradle-to-grave-in-education debate by resurrecting a bad old idea—mandatory pre-school for toddlers.

The D.C. Council operates as the legislative body for the nation’s capital but is subject to congressional oversight. It is yet again considering legislation that would force children barely able to talk and probably not even potty trained to attend school. D.C. already has one of the lowest age requirements for compulsory school attendance, currently mandating that all 5-year-olds and some 4-year-olds be enrolled in a school. Bill 178 would lower the compulsory age of attendance from age 5 to age 3.

Same Bad Idea

Sadly, this is not the first time the D.C. Council has considered lowering the compulsory attendance age. In 2002, HSLDA worked with many D.C. citizens to defeat Bill 14-261 which would also have required 2- and 3-year-olds to attend mandatory preschool programs. Unlike the children it seeks to control, this bad idea hasn’t matured with age.

For homeschoolers in the District, the bill would require an additional two years of homeschool notification and restrict parents’ options for the education of their children. Current homeschool regulations include a requirement to teach specific subjects during the period of time that public schools are in session. If this bill passes, homeschool parents would now need to start teaching their 2- and 3-year-olds subjects such as math, science, and social studies.

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Taking a Stand

Last week, HSLDA’s staff attorney for the District of Columbia, Mike Donnelly, filed testimony to the D.C. Council documenting the empirical evidence against lowering the compulsory school attendance age.

This bill adopts a one-size-fits-all compulsory attendance requirement that will not help child development. Children so young simply do not benefit from formal schooling. Research points to social pathologies and behavioral problems that are linked to lack of time parents spend with their children. Lowering the compulsory school attendance age is nothing short of government subsidized babysitting—something that D.C. residents already qualify for.

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HSLDA | Cradle to Grave--The D.C. Solution

 

[ScienceRocks]

Any sane human being wants to be taken care of....

You're not sane wanting to kill yourselve for what? Just so the rich can get richer?

 

[American_Jihad]

Any sane human being wants to be taken care of....

You're not sane wanting to kill yourselve for what? Just so the rich can get richer?

Progressive/liberals found a way to fix everything and prevent environmental degradation...

 

[jgarden]

24/7 Wall St.: 11 countries with perfect credit
October 16, 2013

1. Australia
> S&P/Moody's ratings: AAA/Aaa
> S&P/Moody's outlook: stable/stable
> 2012 GDP growth: 3.7%
> Unemployment rate: 5.8%
By 2012, the economy had grown by an average of 3.5% a year for more than 20 years. The government debt-to-GDP ratio was 27.9% at the end of 2012, low even among countries that received top ratings from all three agencies.

2. Canada
> S&P/Moody's ratings: AAA/Aaa
> S&P/Moody's outlook: stable/stable
> 2012 GDP growth: 1.7%
> Unemployment rate: 6.9%

3. Denmark
> S&P/Moody's ratings: AAA/Aaa
> S&P/Moody's outlook: stable/stable
> 2012 GDP growth: -0.4%
> Unemployment rate: 6.6%

4. Finland
> S&P/Moody's ratings: AAA/Aaa
> S&P/Moody's outlook: stable/stable
> 2012 GDP growth: -0.8%
> Unemployment rate: 8.0%

5. Germany
> S&P/Moody's ratings: AAA/Aaa
> S&P/Moody's outlook: stable/negative
> 2012 GDP growth: 0.9%
> Unemployment rate: 5.2%

6. Luxembourg
> S&P/Moody's ratings: AAA/Aaa
> S&P/Moody's outlook: stable/negative
> 2012 GDP growth: 0.3%
> Unemployment rate: 5.8%

7. The Netherlands
> S&P/Moody's ratings: AAA/Aaa
> S&P/Moody's outlook: negative/negative
> 2012 GDP growth: -1.2%
> Unemployment rate: 4.9%

8. Norway
> S&P/Moody's ratings: AAA/Aaa
> S&P/Moody's outlook: stable/stable
> 2012 GDP growth: 3.0%
> Unemployment rate: 3.6%
Only Luxembourg and Australia have less government debt as a percentage of GDP among the AAA-rated countries.

9.Singapore
> S&P/Moody's ratings: AAA/Aaa
> S&P/Moody's outlook: stable/stable
> 2012 GDP growth: 1.3%
> Unemployment rate: 2.1%

10. Sweden
> S&P/Moody's ratings: AAA/Aaa
> S&P/Moody's outlook: stable/stable
> 2012 GDP growth: 1.0%
> Unemployment rate: 8.0%
Public debt, which was as high as 73.3% of GDP in 1996, dropped to 38% at the end of 2012.

11. Switzerland
> S&P/Moody's ratings: AAA/Aaa
> S&P/Moody's outlook: stable/stable
> 2012 GDP growth: 1.0%
> Unemployment rate: 4.2%

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/10/16/countries-perfect-credit/2995017/

Who wants cradle to grave?

All of the above would be considered "nanny" states by US standards, but each has also been able to maintain a better credit rating, lower federal debt, universal healthcare, longer average lifespans, lower unemployment, more educational opportunities, fewer personal bankruptcies and a lower crime rate - than their American counterparts.

 

[American_Jihad]

Welfare State Madness

January 30, 2014 by Arnold Ahlert

Another dubious record has been set during the Obama administration. As of the end of December, a staggering 10,988,269 Americans were receiving federal disability benefits, a number that exceeds the entire population of Greece. The December totals mark the 202nd straight month that the number of disabled workers in the nation has increased. Furthermore, according to the latest Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, “mental disorder” is the top “diagnostic group,” comprising 35.5 percent of all disabled beneficiaries. Within that category, “mood disorders” is the most prevalent affliction, at 14.1 percent.

Though it is the latest report released, the statistics compiled represent the disabled beneficiaries as of December 2012, when approximately 88,000 fewer Americans were receiving benefits. The overall number of disabled beneficiaries has nearly doubled since December 1995. The Social Security Administration (SSA) defines a disabled worker as a “beneficiary who worked in covered employment long enough to be insured and who had been working recently in covered employment prior to disability onset.” A spouse eligible for benefits must have a child under age 16 or a disabled child in his or her care, or be at least 62 years old. A divorced spouse is also eligible if the marriage lasted at least 10 years.

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That’s what the ”disability-industrial complex” is all about. Most Americans have no problem whatsoever helping the truly disabled, even as most Americans bristle at the thought of underwriting able-bodied frauds.

A solution for the problem may be simpler than most people think. As columnist Jonah Goldberg notes, everyone in Great Britain receiving their version of a disability payment was recently asked to submit to a medical examination to confirm they were too disabled to work. A third of them simply dropped out of the program rather than be examined. More than half of those tested were found fit for work, and 25 percent were fit for some work. He suggested the United States do the same thing, believing the results “would be interesting too.” In a nation where “victimhood” has become a way of life, they might be fascinating.

Welfare State Madness | FrontPage Magazine

 

[deltex1]

yawn

Tiresome living off other people's hard earned Tax dollars isn't it.

I take their pre-tax dollars.
When I do a job for them.
Want to learn a trade you can earn house buying money with?
or do you just want to be a posting hack on the puter all your life?

Their dollars are taxed before they ever get them...unless their name is Jose. Don't get me wrong...some of my best friends are named Jose...

 

[hazlnut]

obama wants to subsidize your life from cradle to grave

strawman

 

[The T]

Any sane human being wants to be taken care of....

You're not sane wanting to kill yourselve for what? Just so the rich can get richer?

At the expense of others? Really? YOU have been bitten by the wealth envy bug. There's a cure for that. HARD WORK and RESPONSIBILITY for yourself.

 

[American_Jihad]

obama wants to subsidize your life from cradle to grave

strawman

 

[American_Jihad]

New Democratic Platform: Taxpayer Subsidized Non-Productivity​

Posted: February 11, 2014

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I could spend my time writing an entire column on the Democrats’ politically-spun fuzzy math on everything from the U.S. budget, to the jobs created by the Keystone pipeline, to the number of Americans losing their doctors and insurance plans under Obamacare… but I won’t.

Instead, I’ll get back to the CBO’s latest report because the response from the administration and the DNC has been pretty extraordinary.

They’ve decided to take the unique route of insisting that in a weak economy, taxpayer-subsidization of non-productivity is actually a good thing. They’re actually arguing that Americans who don’t like their jobs, and would rather spend their time pursuing other interests, should be able to do so and have other Americans pay for that chosen lifestyle.

House Minority Leader, Nancy Pelosi, responded to the CBO report saying that “this was one of the goals. To give people life, a healthy life, liberty to pursue their happiness. And that liberty is to not be job-locked but to follow their passion.”

“People shouldn’t have job-lock,” Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid said. “We live in a country where there should be free agency. People can do what they want.”

“Opportunity created by affordable, quality health insurance allows families in America to make a decision about how they will work, or if they will work,” White House Press Secretary, Jay Carney said.

Democratic Congressman, Keith Ellison said that with people working fewer hours, they’ll be able to look at their “work-life balance” and have more “opportunity” to do other things.

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At what point, however, can we no longer reject the conclusion that socialism is the unspoken goal of this administration and the modern-day liberal movement in this country? I think it’s a fair question to ask.

I would imagine that the answer would come when our liberal leaders finally outright admit that government-entitlements shouldn’t only be afforded to those who need help, but also to those who simply don’t want to be bothered with the responsibility of having to provide for themselves.

Isn’t that exactly what the Democrats I quoted above are saying? If not, please tell me where I’m wrong.

New Democratic Platform: Taxpayer Subsidized Non-Productivity

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[American_Jihad]

Sacrificing the Military to Entitlements

March 3, 2014 by Bruce Thornton

Vladimir Putin, playing geopolitical chess while our president plays tiddlywinks, has effectively taken over Crimea. Armed men, looking suspiciously like Russian military personnel, have seized both airports and established border checkpoints decorated with Kalashnikovs and Russian flags. This comes after other armed men seized two government buildings and raised Russian flags, as the legislature appointed a pro-Russian regional leader. Meanwhile Russian military forces are gathering on the border, with Russia’s parliament unanimously voting to approve deploying troops in Ukraine.

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But let’s not forget why the president has gotten away with this foreign policy of apology, retreat, and appeasement in a world bristling with brutal aggressors. Too many Americans are sick of military involvement abroad, with 52% in a Pew poll last December saying the United States “should mind its own business internationally and let other countries get along the best they can on their own.” More important, many don’t want to spend money on defense if it means cuts to entitlements.

Consider that at the same time the Ukraine crisis was heating up, more cuts to our defense budget were announced. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel unveiled plans to reduce the army’s strength from 520,000 active-duty personnel to between 450,000 and 420,000 soldiers, eliminate the A-10 Warthog ground-support aircraft, mothball 11 Navy cruisers, put in doubt funds needed to retrofit the USS George Washington aircraft carrier, and cut 8,000 Marines from the Corps. And things could get much worse if sequestration remains in effect after 2015. Max Boot points out the obvious dangers of these cuts: “The world is a more chaotic place than ever and we face the need to respond to a multiplicity of threats, from pirates and terrorists and narco-traffickers to rogue states like Iran and North Korea to potential great power rivals such as China and Russia to failed states such as Yemen and Syria. And not only do we have to be able to project power in traditional ways, but we also have to be able to protect new domains such as outer space and cyberspace.”

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As justified as the criticisms of Obama’s foreign policy are, we have to remember that we citizens create priorities with our votes. If we do not vote into office effective leaders who can convince us that we must prepare for future threats by building a military deterrence, and who have the political spine to back up words with deeds to make sure that deterrence works, then we must share some of the blame for the consequences sure to follow when our enemies and rivals are emboldened by our seeming acceptance of empty bluster as an instrument of foreign policy, and by our willingness to prefer butter to guns.

Sacrificing the Military to Entitlements | FrontPage Magazine

 

[PaintMyHouse]

 

[bripat9643]

24/7 Wall St.: 11 countries with perfect credit
October 16, 2013

1. Australia
> S&P/Moody's ratings: AAA/Aaa
> S&P/Moody's outlook: stable/stable
> 2012 GDP growth: 3.7%
> Unemployment rate: 5.8%
By 2012, the economy had grown by an average of 3.5% a year for more than 20 years. The government debt-to-GDP ratio was 27.9% at the end of 2012, low even among countries that received top ratings from all three agencies.

2. Canada
> S&P/Moody's ratings: AAA/Aaa
> S&P/Moody's outlook: stable/stable
> 2012 GDP growth: 1.7%
> Unemployment rate: 6.9%

3. Denmark
> S&P/Moody's ratings: AAA/Aaa
> S&P/Moody's outlook: stable/stable
> 2012 GDP growth: -0.4%
> Unemployment rate: 6.6%

4. Finland
> S&P/Moody's ratings: AAA/Aaa
> S&P/Moody's outlook: stable/stable
> 2012 GDP growth: -0.8%
> Unemployment rate: 8.0%

5. Germany
> S&P/Moody's ratings: AAA/Aaa
> S&P/Moody's outlook: stable/negative
> 2012 GDP growth: 0.9%
> Unemployment rate: 5.2%

6. Luxembourg
> S&P/Moody's ratings: AAA/Aaa
> S&P/Moody's outlook: stable/negative
> 2012 GDP growth: 0.3%
> Unemployment rate: 5.8%

7. The Netherlands
> S&P/Moody's ratings: AAA/Aaa
> S&P/Moody's outlook: negative/negative
> 2012 GDP growth: -1.2%
> Unemployment rate: 4.9%

8. Norway
> S&P/Moody's ratings: AAA/Aaa
> S&P/Moody's outlook: stable/stable
> 2012 GDP growth: 3.0%
> Unemployment rate: 3.6%
Only Luxembourg and Australia have less government debt as a percentage of GDP among the AAA-rated countries.

9.Singapore
> S&P/Moody's ratings: AAA/Aaa
> S&P/Moody's outlook: stable/stable
> 2012 GDP growth: 1.3%
> Unemployment rate: 2.1%

10. Sweden
> S&P/Moody's ratings: AAA/Aaa
> S&P/Moody's outlook: stable/stable
> 2012 GDP growth: 1.0%
> Unemployment rate: 8.0%
Public debt, which was as high as 73.3% of GDP in 1996, dropped to 38% at the end of 2012.

11. Switzerland
> S&P/Moody's ratings: AAA/Aaa
> S&P/Moody's outlook: stable/stable
> 2012 GDP growth: 1.0%
> Unemployment rate: 4.2%

24/7 Wall St.: 11 countries with perfect credit

Who wants cradle to grave?

All of the above would be considered "nanny" states by US standards, but each has also been able to maintain a better credit rating, lower federal debt, universal healthcare, longer average lifespans, lower unemployment, more educational opportunities, fewer personal bankruptcies and a lower crime rate - than their American counterparts.

Actually, many of those countries are on the top of the Heritage Index of Economic Freedom

#1) Hong Kong
#2) Singapore
#3) Australia
#4) Switzerland
#5) New Zealand
#6) Canada
#10) Denmark
#15) Netherlands
#16) Luxembourg
#18) Germany
#20) Sweden
#32) Norway

 

[American_Jihad]

We’re Already A Cradle-To-Grave Welfare State

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Womb to Tomb, Baby
Returning to Biden’s original statement, conservatives should realize that no amount of public schooling would ever satisfy the Left. Already, federal taxpayers fund an enormous portion of K-12 schools’ budgets (hence stories like this where federal policies override local concerns—localities believe there’s too much money at stake to turn down attached federal mandates), subsidize the college education of nearly nine in ten undergraduates, and offer six different programs (most notable is the $3.5 billion failure known as Head Start) related to preschool. And the Obama administration is insisting Congress expand Washington’s reach further, earlier, and more often.

Before you were even formed in the womb, President Obama was spending taxpayer dollars on you.
How early? Before you were even formed in the womb, President Obama was spending taxpayer dollars on you. At womenshealth.gov, there are answers to this question, ostensibly asked by actual women: “I am thinking about getting pregnant. How can I take care of myself?” Well, you can partake in some of the $5 billion in Title V grants available from HHS. When it comes time to deliver, Medicaid is there, sponsoring 40 percent of all births in the United States. And they’re proud of it. It’s their first talking point.

As life goes on, don’t forget the high-cost programs that provide the daily necessities, such as food through food stamps, healthcare costs (from Medicare and Medicaid), and incidentals (traditional welfare, Social Security Disability Insurance). As you near the end of life, be sure to collect from Washington for taking care of yourself past age 60 ($347 million in 2015) or have your family reimbursed for taking care of you ($145 million this year).

Considering the wide range of goods Washington pays for, it is only natural that Joe Biden would insist on a few more years of schooling, courtesy of the federal government.

It’s also no surprise he does not feel the need to challenge Hillary Clinton for the mantle of Democratic presidential nominee. They have the same ends in mind, and would reach them by the same autocratic means Obama has. So ride off into the sunset, Joe, assured that Hillary will make those last few expansions to government that “we all know” are necessary.


We're Already A Cradle-To-Grave Welfare State

 

[francoHFW]

Is President Obama Creating A Nation Of Dependents?

1/26/12



If the Republican primaries are any indication, one big debate in the upcoming election will be whether President Obama is pushing the country toward a European-style welfare culture.

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"Once we thought 'entitlement' meant that Americans were entitled to the privilege of trying to succeed in the greatest country in the world," Romney said in a recent speech. "But today the new entitlement battle is over the size of the check you get from Washington."

Is Obama Creating A Nation Of Dependents? Nearly Half Now Get Government Benefits - Investors.com

You dupes heard of the BOOOOSH corrupt bubble bust world economic meltdown world depression? That caused this, not anything Obama did DUHHHHH. Blaming the victims is a RAYGUN DISGRACE- especially since the Raygun pander to the rich policy has ruined the nonrich and the country. Hater dupes!! see sig.

 

[Timmy]

Glenn beck is right ! I'm tired of the elderly and handicapped not pulling their weight . Same goes for military men and their mooching war widows!

 

[Moonglow]

The feds only support the education of Americans by 15%..The rest is provided by local real estate taxes.....stupid underline