Sunday, May 20, 2012

Obama pandering to women

So college grads don’t have their dream job and are mooching off or having bills for tech toys and vacations paid for by mom and dad? Bigger government can give you "unemployment benefits," but not necessarily "employment benefits." They need to re-read the history of the Great Depression—how FDR extended it for a decade while convincing the voters more government was the answer. 

Look, Obama chose this route when he went after healthcare in 2009, further shaking up the economy and pressing it down.  If you're unemployed, or your kids are, think about who you're voting for in November.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/opinion/sunday/obama-condescending-to-women.html?_r=1&smid=fb-share

This writer gets it right, but still is an Obama supporter.  I don’t get it!

The women I know who are struggling in this economy couldn’t be further from the fictional character of Julia, presented in Mr. Obama’s Web ad, “The Life of Julia,” a silly and embarrassing caricature based on the assumption that women look to government at every meaningful phase of their lives for help.

My cousin in Louisiana started a small company with a little savings, renovating houses. A single mom, she saved enough to buy a home and provide child care for her son. When the economy went belly up, so did her company. She was forced to sell her home and move in with her parents. She has found another job, but doesn’t make enough to move out. Family, not government, has been everything to her at this time of crisis. She, and they, wouldn’t have it any other way.

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