In 1970, Cloward told The New York Times that “rather than placating the poor with government hand-outs, activists should work to sabotage and destroy the welfare system; collapsing the welfare state would ignite a political and financial crisis that would rock the nation; poor people would rise in revolt; only then would ‘the rest of society” accept their demands.’” If their intentions were truly meant to help the poor by destroying the whole welfare system, then the very tactics being utilized by those in power are just maintaining status quo in order to control a large segment of the population. Emotional appeals and handouts are always a way to gain political support and acceptance of policies that have done nothing to end poverty and votes needed to win elections. Most currently signing up on state exchanges are ending up in Medicaid. Think about that and all that being on Medicaid entails. When Cloward-Piven implemented their strategy in New York City (1975), not only did the welfare rolls overwhelm the system, it resulted in the city filing bankruptcy. The dangers of this on a national level would be catastrophic, yet Democrats continue to implement policies and entitlement programs that only compounded the problem. The ensuing financial market collapsed weeks ahead of the 2008 presidential election resulted in the election of a charismatic radical leftist community organizer becoming President. The above comments regarding the use of the Cloward-Piven strategy tend to support his conclusion. “Never allow a crisis to go to waste.” Alexander’s correct on this point – every few weeks a new crisis.
Posted on: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 02:29:28 +0000
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