Thread: Republicans Must Transform the Welfare State

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REPUBLICANS MUST TRANSFORM THE WELFARE-STATE

David R. Usher
April 22, 2006
NewsWithViews.com

Twelve years after “welfare reform,” marriage is still in the emergency room, father-absence is still the greatest problem we face, and federal government is more aggressive than ever entitling illegitimacy at the direct expense of marriage.

Feminists and lawyer-politicians in both political parties have collaborated for the past 45 years to get what they want. Feminists gained sole control of about half the families in America, while lawyers made a killing murdering marriage.

It is a marriage made in hell. Millions of Americans are intimately aware of this fact because so many have been enticed or dragged into the system – leaving most of them in great economic and social distress – clamoring for relief that cannot possibly be delivered regardless of the amount of deficit expenditures.

The machinery of this feminist kleptocracy is simple to understand: Heavily entitle women to have children out of wedlock or to divorce for no reason whatsoever while ensuring that children remain chattle of women. Promise them more money than their husband or boyfriend makes. Promise them victim-status, free health care, and free day care. Then, blame it all on men and strip them down to their BVD’s to pay for it.

Republicans wonder why so many Americans are unhappy with them. The reason is plainly visible on page one of the newspaper every day. Just read about all those single-mom strippers, imputed rapists, spousal murderers and child sexual abusers (of both sexes), and messed up children. Most "deadbeat dad" stories involve a man persecuted for more money than he makes. For every publicized deadbeat dad, there are thousands of invisible men and their friends and family who are equally upset.

Primary responsibility for this problem now rests on the Republican Congress. Many states would like to enact pro-marriage reforms, but are unable to do so because federal mandates require that federal monies be spent executing the anti-family agenda of feminism.

Republicans at the federal level and the RNC have absolutely refused to consider any change. They have gone out of their way to zip the tent shut to anyone who might have better ideas. Americans are clamoring for relief from this divisive and dangerous oppression – and Republicans still refuse to respond wisely.

It is a classic Abilene paradox that will probably cost Republicans their majority this fall. Certainly, Democrats didn’t treat marriage any worse than the Republican Congress has. Where a lot of Republican supporters have noticed this, you can bet a lot of Democrats have too.

As a sturdy Republican supporter since 1990, I must confess to being exceptionally disappointed with Republicans at the federal level. At the state level, Republicans tend to be pro-marriage and reasonably sensible. Tom Cruise was probably a sensible guy before he landed in the middle of a very famous Botticelli painting.

Why Republicans are so averse to reforms that many Americans want and need begs for explanation. Welfare is a trap -- a self-fulfilling prophesy -- not a safety net helping a few women in trouble. Women would not be stripping for a living after becoming destitute single mothers if government did not lead them down the reprehensible path of feminist greed, spending billions of other people's money debauching women's natural reproductive desires down to the lowest moral denominator. Men would not settle for cheap girlie entertainment, or turn gay, or give up on marriage entirely if Republicans had not spent the past twelve years pimping women straight out of the marriage market.

The promises of pro-family reforms made in the 1994 races basically called for gently phasing out the Great Society and letting marriage do what it has always done best. But after winning, Republicans went deeper into predatory socialism than Lyndon Johnson ever dreamed of. Many were astonished to watch Republicans attempt to fly this prehistoric granite blimp just to impress a few feminists who will never vote for them in a billion years.

Marriage education is all well and good. But it is useless in the face of a welfare system that is the structural equivalent of paying women large sums of money to drink and drive.

There are so many excellent things that the Republican Congress could do. We can end the need for the vast majority of divorces and end most family violence and child abuse, by enacting laws that help the responsible marital partner get the spouse abusing drugs or alcohol into treatment. Drinking and family causes far more human wreckage than drinking and driving does.

We can end father-absence and substantially reduce the numbers of under-parented, seriously troubled children by requiring states to order some form of 50/50 joint custody in order to qualify for child support enforcement funds. DNA testing should not be used to perversely replace living fathers with valueless checks. It must be used to assure that children have fathers and mentors in their lives.

We can reduce divorce and illegitimacy by enacting policies that expect marital responsibility and help spouses work through the normal problems and processes of marriage and aging.

WoW I can't tell which he hates more...Welfare taking up were the fathers don't or women in general.

He appears to only want to victimize men for whatever their responsibilty is to the situation.

I am offended at the authors article.

I also find this posts forum Title offensive. "Feminist nonsense"?

Errrr, I am not a HE but a SHE. I wasn't trying to bash males witht this article; rather I was trying to bash females with this article. More comments to follow and if you will notice I placed this in the "Other Topics" section so if you didn't approve you didn't have to read, now there.

Uh Yea I got that....Thats why I find this offensive!
Maybe you should be doing alittle more male bashing. Or keep some of the comments to yourself. I don't care if your male or female. This article and the personal remark you make in the title make it clear you have a hatred for women and the agency's who help their children when the fathers won't. I see no responsibilty given at all in this article to men.

The majority of single mothers do not get free medical care for their children or themselves. Most courts order the fathers to provide this or both parents. Child support paid that a man doesnt make the income for? They have an income chart. Go look at statistics, the divorced or single father has been found repeatedly to recover financialy much quicker from a break up and fairs far better econonmicaly even years later.

It doesnt show which catagory its in when in the "current group disscussions".

You also have a really nasty attitude.

Geeeesssh! I happen to be a single mother whose former hubby of almost 20 years abandoned me and our two young children for a former 10th grade high school sweetie whom he became reacquainted with online after our youngest was diagnosed with Type I diabetes at age three.

Okay, if the article really offends you, I tell you what, I'm going to delete it because I don't want to deal with these hassles and I've posted an occasional other post on divorce related matters in these forums and this is the first time I've had to deal with this.

Look, I'm anti-divorce and believe that current easy no-fault divorce laws should be toughened. In addition, the party leaving the marriage regardless of gender should, if they do not have a valid and serious reason, should leave with their toothbrush, wrinkle and hemmorhoid creams and not much else.

You can disagree all you want, just please be respectful of each other when making posts.

We need to post articles with their real titles and not make one up as we see fit.

Thanks

JP,

Gotcha! Since I deleted the original article (although the link still stands) I do not recall the original title of the article.

I think this member and me may have more in common than she thinks. Then, again, I could be wrong. I did post this in the Other Topics section but certainly don't want to get into any cyber bashing on the issue. Believe me, after being at Alipac for one year and divorce forums for different lengths and times in the past, I don't want to get into any cyber battles on this issue, either here or there.

I do have to say from what little (or a lot???) I've spoken about, this issue gets much more sympathy (or at least silence - same things really) here rather than on divorce forums. Beieve me, silence is much more preferable than unsolicited advice.

Go figure!!!

I expected that to be a lot harder read than it was. There is much he says that has truth in it, although he could have gone MUCH deeper.

Having been married and divorced 3 times, I can speak with a certain amount of credibility on this issue. In all 3 cases the proceedings were started by the wife. In all 3 cases I left with a toothbrush and a suitcase. In case #2 I also got the child. The other 4 chidren (2 each from #'s 1 and 3) weren't mine to start with so they stayed with their mothers.

Hell, wife #3 tried to kill me by sabotaging my car. Motive? 100K of life insurance.

Is there a moral to the story? Not really. Regardless of what 'side' of the issue you're on, it's a sticky wicket. Many women are disadvantaged after giving the majority of their lives to their vows. Many men are made patsies by women looking for a free ride. There is deceit and deception on both sides.

Originally Posted by jp_48504

You can disagree all you want, just please be respectful of each other when making posts.

We need to post articles with their real titles and not make one up as we see fit.

Thanks

JP, I went ahead and changed the title to the real title of the article, and added the text back in.

PineStrawGuys, thanks for your feedback and because of this I will add some comments later. Yes, both men and women (and children too) suffer through divorces.

In fact, I'm going to post another article in a new thread in "Other Topics" that is more fair to women. It's fair to both women and men. I just have to find the article online.

Right now, here are three links to previous articles I posted on this subject:

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-19173.html
The No-Blame Game: Why No Fault Divorce is Our Most Dangerous Social Experiment.

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-19244.html
The Walkaway Wife Syndrome

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-19541.html
In the above thread, I posted an article about one father’s (Rick Brita) nightmare dealing with feminist judges, visitation centers, etc., when his illegal alien girlfriend filed false domestic violence charges against him and a restraining order.

Jezzabell,

You mentioned something in one of your posts about divorced men being able to financially recover quicker than divorced women and doing much better later too. I can agree with this as it is often the case, particulary when the wife has taken time from a career to stay home with the children. In addition, women whose husbands leave them for a younger woman after many, many years of marriage suffer greatly to. Especially bad is when they have been full-time homemakers and are close to retirement.