Posted on 08/04/2010 2:10:14 PM PDT by honestabe010
The Pied Piper first led the rats and then the children out of Hamelin; we still have our rats and our Pied President is leading our children into poverty. The Obamacrats seem to like poverty: they have followed Bill Clintons successfully reformed Federal aid for dependent children system that shrank the welfare rolls with what amounts to the largest welfare spending increase ever. When government pays for something, you get more of it.
Irony abounds here: the welfare trap closes particularly on single black women girls, really- who have children but lack the skills or the attitude necessary to support them or to help them grow into useful citizens. The life of a perpetual welfare client is a life sure enough-but it doesnt offer much, either to the welfare clients or to the larger society. Apparently, the Obamacrats like to keep such folk around instead of helping them off welfare as Clinton did, maybe they vote Democratic.
Perpetuating poverty via welfare is a good start but the Hope and Change go far beyond; several departments of government are now aimed at lowering the U.S. living standard and keeping it down. While you doubt that, remember not so long ago when mothers didnt have to work and young people worked their way through college. The actual living standard has already declined behind a screen of technology; family earnings have declined too.
But we need to tour the Obama Poverty Manufacturing complex while translating the political euphemisms into plain English; well begin with Obamas Departments of Energy and Transportation. Energy Secretary Chu said that the U.S. must use less energy; Transport boss LaHood said un-motorized transport will gain resources from motorized. Both are relying on regulation and Congressional help as they proceed...
(Excerpt) Read more at thewoodwardreport.com ...
He’s been implementing the Cloward-Piven Strategy.
Au contraire! Like all good communists he is sending and spending us there, but he isn’t going along with us let alone leading us there.
Where IS he leading us? He ALREADY HAS, and our future generations!
"....and it won't cost you one thin dime!"
Actually, it will cost us trillions of dimes.
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