Do you want to know why the US is second from the bottom in the latest UN report on the welfare of children in industrialized nations? Check out the latest CDF Congressional scorecard.
The Republican controlled Congress over the past six years has consistently passed tax cuts while reducing benefits and programs for our children.
Does it makes sense to cut taxes when we spend over one billion dollars A WEEK on wars? Aside from federal personal and corporate income taxes, "loans" from China and Japan, where do the billions come from. Something's gotta give and money gets cut from programs that do not have a big lobby.
The philosphy is that these cuts put more money for business investment into the hands of business owners and wealthy individuals who invest in business. The Bush supply-side economic vision or fantasy is that wealthy businesses will trickle down jobs, benefits, cash from extra profits, donations, and altruistic political philosophies to ensure prosperity for those willing to work for it. Anyone over the age of twelve has figured out that altruism is rare and selfishness is common. Why should business provide anything but profits for its shareholders? The tax cuts only benefit them. There is no room in this economic plan for those unable or unwilling to work and that means children. They have a less-than-zero impact on the Bush legislative agenda and it shows.
For Bush fans, this latest UN report is another attempt to generate criticism of America, and people like me who read anything "UN" verge on unpatriotic (e.g., haters). Well, I do not hate America. I am disgusted with the greed and selfishness that perpetuate the violence and extreme poverty that seventeen percent of American kids deal with each day.
The best way to promote US and British "democracy" or self-interest is to prove to people that it works. For most sane people in this world, a political and economic system that sustains life and ensures the health and safety of children is the true measure of success. We can and must do better.
