Sen. Elizabeth Warren: ‘Child Care Should be a Fundamental Right. Period’

[Fishrrman]

If "childcare" is deemed to be a "right", then the government will step in to "protect" it.

And in so doing, the government will then demand CONTROL of how that child is "cared for" and raised, to the detriment of the parents.

Make no mistake.
THAT'S the objective here.

[Hoodat]

‘Child Care Should be a Fundamental Right. Period’

Child birth should be a fundamental right, at least from the child's perspective.

[Cyber Liberty]

Child birth should be a fundamental right, at least from the child's perspective.

 

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

Give a government bureaucrat three anvils and lock him in a padded cell.  In sight of 10 minutes he'll lose one, break one and get the other one pregnant.

Don't know about getting them pregnant, but it's considered very bad form to "ring" (hammer) another Smith's Anvil without getting permission first, because you Can damage an Anvil.

[roamer_1]

Times sure have changed.  We paid to house, feed, and educate our children as well as paying for their health care and any day care that was needed once in a while.  We never received a dime of assistance from the government.  How is it that we now have a generation that expects others to house, feed, educate and pay their children's medical bills?

Because the left has broken the fundamental and extended family. Evident now, in this generation. Bad enough when Grandma and Grampa moved to Florida or Phoenix.. There were two sets, and a kid still had a chance of one set being around, not to mention the families of uncles and aunts...

No fault divorce had greatly changed that, and now, it reaches all the way up into grandparents.

And secondarily, divorce and 'women in the workplace' has put a tremendous weight upon working class neighborhoods... There aren't many ladies around to share childcare because they are all out working.

Not that gubmint childcare will fix it - It will only make it worse.
 It is en-toto the evidence of government taking away the wealth of family.

[sneakypete]

Sen. Elizabeth Warren: ‘Child Care Should be a Fundamental Right. Period’
 

@rangerrebew

As usual,this dingbat bitch has it backwards. Child care should be a Fundamental OBLIGATION for the child's Parents. It is NOT the obligation of the government or the parents of other children to raise YOUR children.

[Applewood]

@rangerrebew

As usual,this dingbat bitch has it backwards. Child care should be a Fundamental OBLIGATION for the child's Parents. It is NOT the obligation of the government or the parents of other children to raise YOUR children.

 

[sneakypete]

Because the left has broken the fundamental and extended family. Evident now, in this generation. Bad enough when Grandma and Grampa moved to Florida or Phoenix.. There were two sets, and a kid still had a chance of one set being around, not to mention the families of uncles and aunts...

No fault divorce had greatly changed that, and now, it reaches all the way up into grandparents.

And secondarily, divorce and 'women in the workplace' has put a tremendous weight upon working class neighborhoods... There aren't many ladies around to share childcare because they are all out working.

Not that gubmint childcare will fix it - It will only make it worse.
 It is en-toto the evidence of government taking away the wealth of family.

@roamer_1

This is mostly true,but it is NOT the fault of government that it is true. It is our OWN DAMN FAULT for allowing it to happen because it is easier to do that than it is to take care of your family yourself.

What this REALLY boils down to is the personal selfishness of people who should have never became parents to start with. After all,what kind of shallow idiot do you have to be to not realize that having children is doing to take away from your "me time"? If THAT is a secret,you are probably pretty clueless about everything else too,and the job you have mostly sucks what little life and imagination you have in you,out of you.

THIS is one reason all children should have a dog or a cat to care for when they are small. It teaches them responsibility for another living creature,as well as how to become emotionally attached to something other than your owns selfish childest self.

BTW,I do not and no one else should EVER blame a small child for being selfish. It is an innate  survival trait born into all the young creatures that can't continue to live and thrive without a LOT of help. The role the pet plays is to teach a child at a young age when they are more flexible to training that they are not the ONLY creatures in the world of importance.

I can't recall ever meeting an adult who had never owned a pet that wasn't 100 percent self-centered. A GENUINE pet,I mean. Not some sort of designer creature bought to attract members of the opposite sex or to make a sociopath appear to be normal.

A wise man once said "If you can live your life in such a way that you come close to being the man your dog THINKS you are,you will have lived the life of a good and noble man."

Cat owners are slightly more optimistic.

[jafo2010]

"Child Care is a Fundamental Right", but the life of the unborn which in my humble opinion falls under the RIGHT TO LIFE is perfectly ok to destroy for the convenience of the mother.  Nowhere in the Constitution does it address convenience issues.

Abortion is murder.  We treat the lives of cats and dogs with more respect

[roamer_1]

This is mostly true,but it is NOT the fault of government that it is true. It is our OWN DAMN FAULT for allowing it to happen because it is easier to do that than it is to take care of your family yourself.

Yes, @sneakypete - You and I are in close agreement on this. Ultimately, no one is responsible for your freedom, and OUR freedom collectively, than you yourself. But communism in all its variations is an insidious thing. It looks like freedom to the common man, by its volunteering to take on your responsibilities upon itself or upon the citizenry collectively... But as I am wont to say from time to time:

Liberty has responsibilities.
Freedom has consequences.

They are not the same thing. In our own nation:

What is the consequence for the freedom provided by the gov. taking on the responsibility to care for the elderly and the infirm? And what liberty is lost?

What is the consequence for the freedom granted in the sexual revolution, provided by the government by taking on the responsibility of caring for the unmarried woman and her bastard children? And what is the liberty lost?

What is the consequence for the freedom granted by the government to take on the responsibility for your children's education, and how is liberty lost?

What is the consequence for the freedom offered by the government in taking on the responsibility to care for your health, and how is liberty lost?

It is an unique way of looking at it, but the true evil of socialism/communism snaps brightly into focus very soon, wandering down questions posed like this. The question of child care is quite the very same thing as the education question, only deepening it.

Insidious, as I say - Because responsibilities are hard to shoulder under any circumstance, and even without much trial, the weight of liberty is heavy. That is why it looks so sweet. You and I have been down roads that tell that tale, and we can see the truth of it. Ultimately you ARE right -  But I can plainly see the ignorance of our neighbors in looking for the easy road. While they are not held blameless, as a fool deserves his recompense, I'll give both barrels to the charlatan government that is selling them the snake oil.

THIS is one reason all children should have a dog or a cat to care for when they are small. It teaches them responsibility for another living creature,as well as how to become emotionally attached to something other than your owns selfish childest self.

I see this plain as day, and I figure it is one reason country kids wind up so even-keeled. Chores and responsibilities come young, and animals are desperately reliant upon you doing your job, and doing it well. Same sort of thing as pets, only on steroids, with the added dimension of close living with life and wit death - That sweet little calf you bottle-fed in its youth is now the hamburger you are stuffing in your face.

I think that a genuine reason why country folks are way more likely to understand liberty better, in that they understand its responsibilities, and why the heartland is the last bastion against encroaching communism. I really do.

Great post.