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Don't Let Kids Grow Up ‘Red'
San Jose Mercury News ^
| 2/9/07
| Anonymous Editorial
Posted on 02/09/2007 8:08:06 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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continued...Just how big is the gap between red states and blue states on children's issues? According to Petit, a child in the overall bottom 10 states is:
Twice as likely to die by the age of 14.
Seven times more likely to die from abuse and neglect.
Twice as likely to be living in poverty.
More than twice as likely to be incarcerated as juveniles.
The well-being of the nation's children matters. The investment that blue states make in their children not only pays off ultimately in lower medical bills and less need to provide social services, but also creates a higher percentage of productive, well-educated members of society.
The nation's red states should be red-faced about their disgraceful health care response. Their selfish practice of being unwilling to part with tax dollars to help guarantee their children's future is in direct opposition to the American values they so often claim to cherish.
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With the blue states driving out jobs and losing population, I guess it won't be long before all of our children will suffer thus.
To: ProtectOurFreedom
"Petit, president of the Every Child Matters Education Fund and a former commissioner of Maine's Human Services Department, has been studying state government's impact on children for the past 25 years."
He doesn't have an Agenda, sure, he doesn't....
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posted on
02/09/2007 8:09:47 PM PST
by
decal
(Too many people mistake "tolerance" for "approval.")
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Petit's argument is that states with anti-tax, anti-government ideology are significantly harming their children's health.Well, this makes sense. Seeing as how children are owned by the state, the government need to have enough money and be big enough to properly "care for" the children they own. They need to be properly "educated" so they can grow up and be content house slaves who will gladly hand over whatever the state demands.
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posted on
02/09/2007 8:14:43 PM PST
by
MichiganConservative
(If you don't like rape, then don't rape anyone. Don't force your morals on others!)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Of the last four bullet points, three completely apply to gang members and the fourth is pretty close. I live in a state that's so blue, Republicans don't have control over anything (yeah, I know, but Arnold's really not a Republican, he just says that). California's gang problem is probably the worst in the nation. Life is very cheap on the streets. Blue state all the way.
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posted on
02/09/2007 8:16:22 PM PST
by
originalbuckeye
(I want a hero....I'm holding out for a hero (politically!))
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Blue states or red states, every time I look at the finances of state I see undeclared bankruptcy and insolvency, which will have to be eventually declared when the babyboomers start drawing full force on each state's public pension system. My statistical interpretation would be that blue states will publicly declare bankruptcy before most of the red states. The statistic that this Maine bureaucrat doesn't mention is that our abysmal public school system in EVERY state is failing to make productive citizens and taxpayers out of a large sector of the public school population many of which never complete their education.
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Red states are anti-tax and anti-government? It's news to me.
BTW, hasn't the South always been the poorer part of the nation, since at least 150 years ago? Typical liberal confusing correlation with causation.
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posted on
02/09/2007 8:22:27 PM PST
by
billybudd
To: ProtectOurFreedom
If you don't believe him about the Joys of Blue, just look at Blue Heavens like New Orleans, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Detroit...
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posted on
02/09/2007 8:22:35 PM PST
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
..."studying state government's impact on children for the past 25 years."
Either a total waste of 25 years, or locked into an agenda based focus.
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posted on
02/09/2007 8:29:14 PM PST
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists...call 'em what you will...They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
What idiocy. This guy's basic premise is that children are products of the State.
Chilling how mainstreamed Orwellianism is.
To: TeenagedConservative
Freedom is slavery, dude.
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posted on
02/09/2007 8:33:39 PM PST
by
MichiganConservative
(If you don't like rape, then don't rape anyone. Don't force your morals on others!)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Petit, president of the Every Child Matters Education Fund and a former commissioner of Maine's Human Services Department, has been studying state government's impact on children for the past 25 years. Sounds like another wasted life...
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Don't Let Kids Grow Up Red'At least the headline is more correct than it knows.
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Is there no barf alert you can attach?
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posted on
02/09/2007 9:00:39 PM PST
by
MHGinTN
(If you've had life support. Promote life support for others.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
number of deaths of infants per 1,000I don't believe abortions was included in this number. For New York, there are 500 abortions for every 1000 live births. That might increase the "infant mortality" rate a bit if included.
To: ProtectOurFreedom
This is slightly off, but didn't they used to switch the state colors in elections like in '96 Dole was blue and Clinton was red etc, seems like we've really been stuck on the '00 election colors especially the media and thats how we're identifying them, will they ever change again?
The thing is when I hear "red" state I automatically think of Socialism and Communism which I more closely associate with the Democratic Party haha.
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posted on
02/09/2007 9:03:14 PM PST
by
Nomad817
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Petit's child vulnerability index,
I'd really like to see how this is defined. I'm sure it's a bunch of poppycock, some stupid liberal metrics. How many kids in blue states have a stay-at-home mom/dad? Sorry kid, Mom and Dad can't stay at home with you because I've got to get a job so that I can pay all these onerous taxes.
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posted on
02/09/2007 9:06:17 PM PST
by
BamaGirl
(The Framers Rule!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
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posted on
02/09/2007 9:09:12 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: ProtectOurFreedom
"Petit's argument is that states with anti-tax, anti-government ideology are significantly harming their children's health".
Very scary statement!
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posted on
02/09/2007 9:10:25 PM PST
by
OMalley
(Just say NO to Rudy "Tootsie" Giuliani-GO Duncan Hunter 08...HI MOM:))
To: DuncanWaring
39,000 gang members in LA
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posted on
02/09/2007 9:10:50 PM PST
by
neverhillorat
(IF THE RATS WIN, WE ALL LOSE)
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