Progressive policies intentionally weaken the family in order to transfer power to the government. Neither is good for America. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a lifelong New Deal liberal and able social scientist, warned that the issue of welfare is not what it costs those who provide it, but what it costs those who receive it. As a growing portion of the population succumbs to the entitlement states ever-expanding menu of temptations, the costs, Eberstadt concludes, include a transformation of the nations political culture, sensibilities, and tradition, the weakening of Americas distinctive conceptions of self-reliance, personal responsibility, and self-advancement, and perhaps a rending of the national fabric. As a result, America today does not look exceptional at all.
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 23:42:46 +0000
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