Posted on 02/08/2008 12:52:43 AM PST by a_chronic_whiner
Two trends bedevil America. One is taxes. The second, more important, is marriage.
Those who pay no taxes have no check on their appetite for services. If somebody else is paying, nothing’s unaffordable.
At the federal level, 41 percent of the U.S. population is totally outside the income tax system, according to the Washington-based Tax Foundation. Since 2000, the number of filers with no tax liability, zero, has increased from 29 million to 42 million in 2005. Of 132.6 million returns filed in 2005, only 90.6 million paid taxes. The rest got back all they’d paid in — and more.
The second and more important concern, largely because of its impact on children, is the rise of single-parent households. Over the past 25 years, the percentage has grown from a quarter to a third. In Georgia, 35 percent of children live in single-parent homes and 39.2 percent of births in 2004 were to unmarried women, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Almost 70 percent of black children, almost half of Hispanic and a quarter of white children are born to unmarried women.
The liberal polling firm Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research singled out unmarried women and their potential impact on future elections. What it found should chill the spines of those who wish to reverse, or even slow, the growth of government — not so much because of its cost, but because Big Government steals the initiative and enterprise and independence of its wards.
“Because of the often stark economic reality of a single-income family, they [unmarried women] support an active government that will give all Americans a chance to get ahead, not just the affluent,” the organization reported.
As the nation discovered decades ago with welfare policies that pushed men out of the lives of poor women, except for procreation, women who previously found security in marriage turned instead to government. As Greenberg Quinlan Rosner find, unmarried women are a rich vein to be mined by Democrats. From its findings:
• “Marital status is playing an increasingly defining role in elections. For the 2006 congressional elections, the ‘marriage gap’ was 32 points, far bigger than the gender gap, which was just 9 points. Among women, the marriage gap was an even bigger 36 points … unmarried women tend to vote like other unmarried women, regardless of other powerful demographic variables such as age, income and education.”
• “Unmarried women are easily the largest segment of the Democratic base — bigger than Hispanics and African Americans combined.” And the second most loyal, second only to blacks. They favor Democrats over Republicans by a 70-24 margin, and Hillary Clinton over Rudy Giuliani by 66-30.
• “From 1960 to 2006, the percentage of the voting age population that was unmarried grew from 27 to 45 percent … If this trend continues, the unmarried will be a majority of the population within 15 years.”
• Their top economic concern is health care. “This group strongly supports fundamental reform to provide universal coverage that can never be taken away.”
• “In total, there are over 53 million unmarried women of voting age, a number that dwarfs the percentage of seniors, people of color and even union members.” Of those who voted in 2006, two-thirds chose Democrats. Some 20 million, however, did not vote. That’s 41 percent of the unmarrieds. Among the married, it was 29 percent. But “2008 could be very different if progressives see the opportunity before them.” Unmarried women “emerge as the largest contributor to the Democratic vote in 2008.”
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner views them as the “Democrats’ evangelicals.” opining that “if progressives turn them out, unmarried women can be as important to Democrats in 2008 as evangelicals were to Republicans in 2004.”
Combine the two: fewer people who pay taxes and a growing bloc of women who rely on government for their financial security and their household’s well-being.
The challenge for the nation is to rebuild the traditional two-parent family — primarily for the sake of children, but also as a balance to more and bigger government.
I am VERY responsible, not about the toys, treat a woman good and haven’t found a good woman yet!
It’s an endless cycle of: “Why are you so nice to me, you’re too nice for me, you deserve better”.
It never ends and I am so sick of it. So what happens ??
The good guy is the one left alone.......
Single women “could” usher in big government?
Women of all marital statuses *have been* ushering in big government ever since they got the vote.
Today an adult woman has little more legal responsibility than a small child does — in most states, she can unilaterally divorce her husband against his wishes and without any fault on his part; she can commit crimes and count on receiving much less punishment than a man would (and get plenty of sympathy from the media who fall all over themselves trying to dig up some kind of “abuse” in her past that would justify her behavior); etc., etc. Don’t even get me started on what’s expected of a woman in the military compared to a man!
A woman can always count on yet another unsuspecting man or, barring that, Big Daddy Government to help her out of anything.
This is what women have legislated for themselves: power without responsiblity or accountability. And it is the overriding factor that has put the US into what I think is an irreversible decline.
“But I would guess that the largest number of single women is elderly women, and growing even faster as the boomers age.”
That’s why it’s REALLY important for women to understand that they need to be self-sufficient and have gobs of money and resources as they age.
Statistically, most of us will be widowed or divorced in our Golden Years.
Don’t be old, alone AND broke later in life, Freeper Gals!
Like women NEVER do that? Give me a break, they do it just as often if not more than men.
This one definitely qualifies for your “Wimmen ‘R Evil!” ping list. ;)
Actually, it was just the occurrence of out-of-wedlock sex. Women are the gate-keepers, requiring men to be of high character in order to get married and have “access”.
I blame the out-of-wedlock births on exactly what this article is about - using the government as the provider instead of requiring men to. Conversely, women know that any consequences of having sex, getting pregnant, having a child, will actually, in some cases, improve their situation because of the gov’t handouts.
Off to ping the hordes ;) Thank you.
can’t even say that. there’s alot of “single” women out there, taking advantage of the system in every way. on the gov’t teat, popping out kids to get even more gov’t aid and child support.. all while actually being supported by the live-in boyfriend- living in every way as husband and wife, except without the piece of paper, in order to continue the lazy lifestyle they’ve become used to.
My experience with these types of women are that their lives are never-ending soap operas. A great percentage of them won’t vote because:
The car broke down.
Some major appliance failed.
They had to spend an entire day at the Social Services office filling out paperwork for some entitelment or other.
They had to spend the day at a sale/getting their hair done/getting their nails done.
One of their kids/lover/boss/co-worker did something/said something that will cause them to spend the day in emotional turmoil.
They had a health problem and spent the day waiting at the ER.
They had PMS/a horrible period/were exhausted from either and slept all day.
They just met someone attractive and spent the day with him.
Their connection finally came through.
They do not follow politics, assume their benefits will continue and don’t see how anything political affects them,anyway.
If none of this is true,then how did W ever defeat Kerry?
“a growing bloc of women who rely on government for their financial security and their household’s well-being.”
The un-wed women of Australia, were credited with the recent change of government, from conservative to liberal....
Sorry...but I think the statistics are that women initiate divorce, by 65%
I initiated the divorce in my case because my ex walked out and disappeared with the children. I got the kids back and he begged me to take him back. HAHAHA...funniest thing he ever said!
BTW...I was the primary support in our family, plus was attending school to make myself better, more employable.
Oh my goodness! What a bunch of finger-pointing people!
Just to fit in, here’s my point: Most legislators at all levels of government are men.
It has also made women slaves,,, to the Federal Government.
Then one day she just showed up out of the blue. I had met her several times over a 4 or 5 year period but she or I was never available because we were involved with other people.
I asked her out, and we are so compatible it's scary. We are soulmates, we love each other and plan on getting married.
So...when you find it, you find it, and when you know it, you will know it. Just hang in there!
Did any of these nitwits ever think about voting absentee?
Coulter quotes that the biggest group of supporters for unrestricted abortion are males 18-35, for the obvious reasons.
Now, I didn’t look at her footnote for that, so I don’t have a source other than “Godless”.
I’d appreciate anyone pointing me to the source.
That takes advance planning, doesn’t it? It also requires that they think voting is important. They don’t. They do not see politicians as their Sugar Daddy. They simply assume that Social Services will always be there and finds money out of some bottomless pit to keep them from being on the street. If, for any reason, they are denied *services*, they know every attorney who specializes in such cases and who will *get* them their benefits. I have seen these unorganized women with a 6-inch file occupying the passenger seat of their car. It contains every application and every return letter they have ever made/received. They have printouts of every applicable law downloaded from the Net. They are founts of welfare information. They know precisely how many hours they can work without losing their benefits.It is the most important aspect of their lives and they know how to work it, but they do not make that transition to the other areas of their lives.
Go figure.
My experience comes from running a business over the past 23 years which has periods of time when unskilled, part time labor is needed. There is a pool of these women in every community and lots of very small businesses trade these names. OTOH, we jealously guard the names of the reliable workers and do not share, as they are so rare. It was guaranteed that if I was in a time crunch, any/all of the list I posted would occur and I would get the last minute call saying they would be late or not in at all or had to leave early or had to bring a child to work or.........
I have mostly redesigned my production so that my husband and I can handle all of it ourselves, even though his business means he is only available a few hours twice a week and occaisionally on weekends if the weather isn’t conducive to sailing. So, it has been years since my production was held hostage by any of these people.
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