Two things hold true about the U.S. poverty standard. First, if policymakers agree that living standards have improved since the 1960s, as the evidence shows, that should be reflected in a lower poverty rate. Second, relative poverty thresholds distort the true number of people in absolute deprivation. — National Center …
It is clear that “social justice teaching” does not mean justice as most Americans understand the term. Those who speak of “social justice” mean the United States is an unjust and oppressive society and the solution is for government to “spread the wealth around.” Activists who favor this solution know …
The free market system is one of discovery, one of trial and error and one of trial and success. It is a continuous process of learning. To seek to protect those who make errors from the consequences of their choices is to distort and destroy the system itself. — Robert …
Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: NO CHILD LEFT If a kid is a bit of a scamp And resists the new socialist stamp, He will be reassigned And his mind realigned At a reeducational camp. Archive: THE LIKENESS MONSTER How grim …
In this 1980s documentary, an FBI informant who successfully infiltrated the Weather Underground recalls how Obama friend and mentor Bill Ayers once planned to overthrow the U.S. government and establish reeducation camps to create a new socialist man. He astutely realized that not everyone would be amenable to his plan …
This lengthy interview with Saul Alinsky provides insight into the disturbed mind of the pragmatic radical that both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama consider a mentor.
In a way, I’ve been a socialist all my life. I grew up in a large family, where everyone shared everything, each according to his ability and each according to his need. I was educated by Teresian nuns and Jesuits, who shared everything, according to ability and need. I now …
Discovered to my shock that a moderate-to-conservative relative was planning to vote for Obama and, assuming he was unaware of Obama’s unsavory connections and socialist identity, emailed him a link to IBD Editorials. I received this [excerpted] reply: I appreciate your attempt to educate me as to Obama’s flaws, Bob, …
