Sorry, guys, we got more important things than you
As I only listen to the radio when I am driving, I probably
should not listen to NPR as my particular brand of road-rage has nothing to do
with other drivers (dim-witted as they can be) but in how dense, even stupid,
the American public can be, something that NPR seems to spotlight in show after
show.So this past week I find out that
the United States is the only industrialized nation in the world that does not
require paid parental leave.It is too
expensive!!!Yes, I realize how
expensive it would be to offer.Like
Health-Care—another staple of “First World Nations”—and like universal health
care I keep hearing people say “we can’t afford it.”Well, why can’t we afford it?We have the money.Or, we would have the money if we (or our
elected representatives) didn't think that an unbounded supply of military
helicopters, tanks, submarines, destroyers (the very word is loaded), jets,
carriers, missiles, bombs, and whatever were a greater priority than our children.And of course included in that priority over
the welfare of the American family are the destabilizing wars in Iraq, the war
in Afghanistan, the blank-check to our Israeli friends to defend themselves
while despoiling Palestinians of their homes, orchards, and farms, the Western
Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (formerly know as the School of
the Americas), and assorted other forays into international oppression.Now you may say that I am departing from my concentration
on the Church and entering the realm of politics, but let me put in this
context: I don’t want to hear any of that “family values” crap from any
“Christian”—pseudo evangelical or neo-traditionalist katholic—who opposes
family leave while supporting a “defense” budget that is larger than that not
only of all our allies combined, but of our combined allies together with
Russia and China.Let’s just be honest
where our priorities are—and they aren’t with our families.And the biggest danger to our the stability
of our families is not from same-sex marriage but from a
socio-economic-political structure that puts support for married couples and
their children low on the list of fiscal priorities.WWJD?I bet he would just ****.
Hmm, we can mandate that we offer child (unborn) murder as a right but we can't mandate that those who chose to perpetuate the species spend some time with their own offspring.
Oh, but I forgot, families are out of date and unnecessary.
All I can say is AMEN, and Big Pharma and Big Insurance don't want to lose the opportunity to profit at our expense.
ReplyDeleteHmm, we can mandate that we offer child (unborn) murder as a right but we can't mandate that those who chose to perpetuate the species spend some time with their own offspring.
ReplyDeleteOh, but I forgot, families are out of date and unnecessary.