Government policies destroyed the nuclear family, that then required “government solutions”, that have all taken place during the 63 years Senator Grassley has held public office. The tax rate in the 50’s went from 8% to between 15% – 25%, but when you throw in the SSA and Medicare that they don’t count as “federal tax”, its actually higher than that. That forced women into the work place by the late 60’s and 70’s.
Couple that with the EPA making it impractical for manufacturers to stay here due to the ban on sulfur emissions, good jobs that allowed men to be the sole provider left. With women out of the home, and the man making less money, you started having a push for “free child care”, and extended maternity leave. 3 or 4 kids became a hassle for a working mom and it became 1 or 2, and it fit real well with abortion on demand.
“Free school lunch” programs became a thing. Then with mom working outside of the home, no one had the energy to look after the kids, homework got lost in the shuffle. Oversight of the kids relationships and activities lapsed. Mom’s had a lot more opportunities for relationships with men, divorce skyrocketed. All the welfare programs encouraged single motherhood, fatherless families disintegrated faster. Budgets ballooned with all these programs and “child tax credits”.
Basically the government destroyed the family, the basis for our society, then said “here let us bill you for the solution”.
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