http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/welfarestate/ en-us Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:02:16 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2048041/posts All Things Considered, July 17, 2008 · A generation ago, the livelihood of Gloria Nunez's family was built on cars. Her father worked at General Motors for 45 years before retiring. Her mother taught driver's education. Nunez and her six siblings grew up middle class. Things have changed considerably for this Ohio family. Nunez's van broke down last fall. Now, her 19-year-old daughter has no reliable transportation out of their subsidized housing complex in Fostoria, 40 miles south of Toledo, to look for a job. Nunez and most of her siblings and their spouses are unemployed and rely on government... NPR.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2048041/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:02:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2047000/posts Every once in a while, there is a news story that so perfectly illustrates one of today's political absurdities, no made-up illustration could ever be so effective. According to Michael Graham's article, "Bank unduly scapegoated": "activists for the newest civil right - the right to skip your mortgage payments - have taken to the streets of Roxbury." The protest is over the fact that a bank that loaned a certain Paula Taylor, $260,000 to buy a condo, now, "actually want her to pay it back!" If you think this is absurd, the politicians are on the side of Paula Taylor... Independent Individualist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2047000/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:27:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022176/posts The conclusion of Margaret Knox, the grandmother of the 18-year-old boy stabbed to death in Sidcup last Saturday, makes the point well enough: it is down to parents to stop their children carrying knives, and using them Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022176/posts#comment Wed, 28 May 2008 00:06:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018132/posts Food Stamp Recipients Pinched by High Food PricesFood stamp recipients get pinched by high food prices, struggle to feed familiesBy DON BABWIN Associated Press Writer CHICAGO May 16, 2008 (AP) The Associated Press Danielle Brown stands outside a South Side market at midnight, braving the spring chill for her first chance to buy groceries since her food stamps ran out nearly two weeks ago. Lynda Wheeler shops with her daughter, Jaime, 2, shortly after midnight at One Stop Food & Liquors... (AP Photo/Paul Beaty) Lynda Wheeler shops with her daughter, Jaime, 2, shortly after midnight at One Stop Food &... ABCNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018132/posts#comment Mon, 19 May 2008 16:33:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005305/posts As the legend goes, when the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortez landed in what is now Mexico in 1519, he ordered the boats that brought him and his men there to be burned. Obama seems to have something similar planned for NASA. Although the MSM has largely ignored Barack Obama's plans for NASA, the issue is likely to bubble up during the general election campaign, if he's the Democratic nominee. Here's why. There's a potential confluence of two events - one possible and one planned: an Obama presidency and a mission shift already underway at NASA. The Space Shuttle program will... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005305/posts#comment Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:42:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005022/posts A "why bother?" economy has been created in Britain which has left thousands with no motivation to work, a report published today concludes. Successive governments have encouraged a welfare culture that has left every family facing a £1,300 bill because the poor stay poor, it claims. The findings by the public services think tank Reform suggest that increased welfare dependency has made it more difficult for those on the lowest incomes to do better. dailymail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005022/posts#comment Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:24:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970170/posts Article is in PDF format. Quotes: "The welfare subsidy on single-mother homes was never really ended so much as it was shifted. Reformers essentially replaced welfare with child support, on the reasonable but largely irrelevant principle that fathers rather than taxpayers should be supporting their children (which is irrelevant for reasons we will see)." "Child support thus transformed welfare from public assistance into law enforcement, creating a federal plainclothes police force with no clear constitutional authority." "Perhaps the most striking aspect of this mobilization is that the initiative came entirely from government officials. No public outcry ever preceded these measures,... The Independent Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970170/posts#comment Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:46:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1967901/posts Welcome to LittleDemocrats.net, home of Why Mommy is a Democrat and Why Daddy is a Democrat http://littledemocrats.net/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1967901/posts#comment Sun, 10 Feb 2008 03:43:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1964689/posts Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, in their first one-on-one debate, in Los Angeles, were asked at the outset to distinguish themselves from each other. The question was motivated legitimately by a sense that there is really very little difference between these two liberal Democrats. Both noted a key difference in their approach to health care. Each wants extensive government regulation. But Clinton wants federal government mandates to force individuals to buy her plan and Obama rejects individual mandates. This key departure in health policy hints at a far more fundamental difference in the mindsets of these two candidates.... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1964689/posts#comment Mon, 4 Feb 2008 16:04:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954697/posts Trust Fund Fantasies by: Malcolm A. Kline, January 16, 2008 Young people watching a large chunk of their paychecks going to pay social security taxes may question why anyone would defend a program that, in an age of IRAs and 401 (k)s, seems to be such an anachronism. They might ask their professors, or just wait to hear them defend the status quo. “Social Security is a tried and true system, popular, successful and highly efficient,” University of Missouri political scientist Max J. Skidmore writes in The Montana Professor. “It would be foolish to revise it radically based upon tenuous... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954697/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:11:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1953061/posts Link below: Senior citizen property tax work-off program is a winner due to copyright issues. Asheville Citizen-Times (link in article, cannot copy directly) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1953061/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:08:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1943361/posts Karl Rove's grandest aspiration was to create a Republican majority that would dominate American politics for a generation or more. But as the effects of his distinctive brand of fear-mongering fade, it's the Democrats who are poised to become the country's majority party -- and perhaps for a long time to come. Many conservatives have insisted that the Democrats' wins in the 2006 midterm elections, as well as their recent pickups in some 2007 races, were mere blips. They wish. Political, ideological, demographic and economic trends are all leading toward durable Democratic majorities in Congress, control of most statehouses and,... washingtonpost.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1943361/posts#comment Sat, 22 Dec 2007 23:57:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1933466/posts Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson said Saturday that election of a Democrat to the White House in 2008 would open the way for a welfare state where bigger government, higher taxes and defense cutbacks sap the country's economic and military strength. "Our country is at a crossroads," Thompson told several hundred people at a rally at a community clubhouse. "We know that the most liberal element of the Democratic Party has taken control of the Democratic Party, and if they win this next election we're going to go down the road of a welfare state," he said. After warning of... AP on Bakersfield Californian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1933466/posts#comment Sun, 2 Dec 2007 04:26:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1918516/posts ATLANTA, GA - An alliance of several minority groups announced a major campaign to secure Halloween candy subsidies for children in low-income and minority neighborhoods. The action comes on the heels of a recent survey that revealed the sobering fact that parents in these neighborhoods were less likely to send their children trick-or-treating. The groups claim the subsidies are necessary to bring justice to children with little or no opportunity to collect Halloween candy... The Daily Redundancy http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1918516/posts#comment Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:51:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1917757/posts Presidential candidate Senator Joe Biden (D-Del.) issued an apology for remarks demeaning one of the Party’s key constituencies. “In an interview with the editorial board of the Washington Post I inadvertently wandered into forbidden territory,” Biden said. “While it is true that the District of Columbia schools are among the worst in the nation—inundated with the underperforming children of welfare mothers, infested with rampant drug abuse and terrorized by adolescent gang violence—my remarks implied that some of the fault might lie with the kids themselves or government programs that discourage responsible behaviors. This is not our Party’s position. It is... AZCONSERVATIVE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1917757/posts#comment Mon, 29 Oct 2007 04:39:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1916284/posts One of the lessons we have learned in newspaper work is the importance of the long view. It often takes dozens of editorials, written over years, to get a law passed. We thought of that yesterday when we read a headline in the Daily News, "Feds eye bldg. sale at housing projects." The news was that the regional administrator of the federal department of Housing and Urban Development, Sean Moss, said the New York City Housing Authority should consider selling some of its buildings in the city's expensive neighborhoods. It's an idea this paper and its columnists have been pushing... The New York Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1916284/posts#comment Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:22:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1914045/posts On Thursday, Congress attempted to override President Bush's veto of the SCHIP expansion. SCHIP? Isn't that something to do with health care for children? Absolutely. And here is Bay Area Democratic Rep. Pete Stark addressing the issue with his customary forensic incisiveness: "The Republicans are worried that they can't pay for insuring an additional 10 million children. They sure don't care about finding $200 billion to fight the illegal war in Iraq. Where are you going to get that money? Are you going to tell us lies like you're telling us today? Is that how you're going to fund the... Orange County Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1914045/posts#comment Sat, 20 Oct 2007 23:24:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1908977/posts Anti-war presidential candidate Ron Paul says his campaign is about "restoring the vanishing American dream." And he is criticizing what he calls "the cartel controlling the banking and monetary system" in the United States. Fresh off his third-quarter fundraising surprise of $5 million, Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul says the libertarian "revolution" he has started is growing across America. Paul told conservative activists at the "Defending the American Dream Summit" in Washington, DC, that the conference would be more aptly called the "Defending the Vanishing American Dream Summit." The Texas congressman said his Republican rivals often talk about a "flat... One News Now http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1908977/posts#comment Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:06:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1904198/posts Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) said that every child born in the United States should get a $5,000 "baby bond" from the government. Clinton made the suggestion during a forum hosted by the Congressional Black Caucus. "I like the idea of giving every baby born in America a $5,000 government bond that will grow over time, so that when that young person turns 18 if they have finished high school they will be able to access it to go to college or maybe they will be able to make that down payment on their first home," Clinton said.... AZCONSERVATIVE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1904198/posts#comment Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:00:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898042/posts Conservative Activist Blames Poverty on LiberalismBy Monisha Bansal CNSNews.com Staff Writer September 17, 2007 (CNSNews.com) - Blaming poverty on liberalism and the federal government, a conservative activist on Friday said: "It is very sad what the liberals have done with their war on the poor in this country." "After 40 years of failure, they still insist that they want to expand this war, that they think they should pour more money into this war," said Star Parker, president of the Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education. "Already, over $3 trillion has been spent on the war on poverty, and so... CNS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898042/posts#comment Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:32:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1895662/posts It would cost at least $94 billion to find, detain and remove all 12 million people believed to be staying illegally in the United States, the federal government estimated Wednesday. Julie Myers, the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, gave the figure during a hearing before a Senate committee Wednesday. She acknowledged it was based on "very rough calculations." An ICE spokesman later said the $94 billion did not include the cost of finding illegal immigrants, nor court costs -- dollar amounts that are largely unknowable. He said the amount was calculated by multiplying the estimated 12 million people by... cnn http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1895662/posts#comment Thu, 13 Sep 2007 03:29:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1895271/posts Much of our country's simmering dialogue on immigration sooner or later turns to the question of hiring people to perform certain "jobs Americans won't do." Rarely, however, do policymakers address why Americans apparently refuse to do certain jobs while immigrants go to great trouble and expense to come here to perform those very jobs. Many of the jobs now commonly performed by immigrants were once filled either by students or by adults who saw work as noble and idleness as shameful. Today, our relative prosperity and appetite for instant gratification are becoming our enemy. In my hometown, summer or after-school... Denver Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1895271/posts#comment Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:27:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1889984/posts Mr Brown will find it hard to regain the commanding heights on health FOR a chancellor of the exchequer turned prime minister, the irony must be galling. The National Health Service has dominated voters' concerns during the decade that Labour has been in power. Responding to these worries when he was at the Treasury, Gordon Brown sanctioned budget-busting increases in spending on health. Yet as the public became increasingly disenchanted with the government's handling of the NHS and more pessimistic about its prospects, Labour squandered its huge historic lead as the party most trusted to run the health service. The... The Economist (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1889984/posts#comment Sat, 1 Sep 2007 23:08:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1888338/posts London's Times Online recently reported that, according to Vatican sources, Pope Benedict XVI is working on his second encyclical, a doctrinal pronouncement that will condemn tax evasion as "socially unjust." The pontiff will denounce the use of tax havens and offshore banking by wealthy individuals because it reduces tax revenues for the benefit of society as a whole. Pope Benedict could benefit from a bit of schooling. Tax avoidance is legal conduct whereby individuals arrange their affairs so as to reduce the amount of income that is taxable. Tax avoidance can run the gamut of legal acts, such as investing... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1888338/posts#comment Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:34:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880633/posts I was listening to Laura Ingraham this morning and on the air she asked her assistants to try to get a hold of SF Supervisor Sandoval who is part of a SF City/County resolution to condem Michael Savage for his saying that illegal immigrants who were on a hunger strike to get free college should "starve [themsevles] to death". For details about the controversy (does not include the bit about Laura)see http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57130 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880633/posts#comment Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:37:52 GMT