For John, BLUF: "In this war on poverty, poverty is winning." Nothing to see here; just move along.
One in six Americans are in poverty today—the highest rate in a generation. In this war on poverty, poverty is winning.Exactly! We are currently doubling down on our current approach. Taking a new approach is not only risky, but it means choosing between alternatives. On the other hand, government collected statistics say things are not getting better. At the end of the day I end up agreeing with Rep Paul Ryan.
We need a better approach.Yes, the first quote is also from Rep Ryan. Hat tip to the InstaPundit.
Regards — Cliff
It's pretty rich that someone so actively opposing the kind of economics that would otherwise promote income equality should be raising income inequality as an excuse for his politics of economic oppression.
ReplyDeleteEven the Reagan "supply side" folks have all roundly repudiated the "Bush tax cuts" approach and remarked on its uselessness as well as unfairness, and have further advocated increasing taxes on the "1%". (A good summary of their views can be found here: http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/07/top-reagan-advisors-raise-taxes-on-the-wealthy.html).
If you "end up agreeing with Paul Ryan" on this stuff, I would say you are either living in denial of well-documented reality, or else you're a pretty mean-spirited partisan.
http://centerforpublicconversation.org/propositions/2012-10.pdf
ReplyDelete"One, a woman named Chris Faulkner, followed a standard middle class path.
She went to college, earned a degree, got married, and had two sons, in that order.
The other woman, Jessica Schairer, took a different path. She got pregnant
her first year in college, left school, and stayed in a troubled relationship with her
boyfriend for six years, long enough to have three children before they broke up. At
twenty-five, she was single and raising a family with no child support and no college
degree. Eventually, she went back to get more education at a community college.
Today, the two friends lead very different family lives."
This is what marriage inequality looks like!
Ladies, choose your men wisely. It isn't the unplanned pregnancy, it is who you have the baby with. While I do tell my children, that marriage matters, marriage can only work if the relationship is healthy and their own parents aren't messed up as well.
Yes, poverty and marriage/stability are linked. Can't say anything about it though. You know because marriage is really just about the civil rights of two people.
bleh..