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Starting November 1, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham plans to make New Mexico the first state in the nation to provide no-cost child care to every family, regardless of income. That means even millionaires’ children will be entitled to “free” (taxpayer-funded) daycare — all at the expense of hardworking taxpayers. At a press conference in Santa Fe, the governor boasted that so-called “universal child care” is the “backbone” of her plan to support families. “There are so many people across the country that say [universal child care is] impossible — not impossible,” Lujan Grisham said, adding that she believes subsidizing care...

The question of what is wrong, that could allow Obama or any other nobody, spouting "Alles muss anders sein", to come to power, is very interesting. Either we figure it out, or he wins. His candidacy and his program are typical of those which would follow catastrophic changes - defeat in war, mass unemployment, hyperinflation, etc. That our people are so receptive to this message at a time when the "by the numbers" picture of our nation shows "never had it so good" means that the numbers, the pundits, the experts, and the elected officials are missing something of vital...