FYI, I am for full employment. Problem is, if you read the theory and watch the practice of it, capitalism necessitates a substantial number of unemployed. That's why the stock market goes down when unemployment gets really low. If there are few unemployed people, labor costs go up. When there are more unemployed, labor is cheaper (people will work for any wage). That see-saw happens at around 4%. Which means millions.
So what do we do with those millions? Entitlements. If you want full employment (I do, so we share that), then you need another economic system. Thems the facts. Ask any economist.
Plus, single moms on welfare do work. They raise children, which is a hell of a lot of work to do alone and, when white middle-class women do it, we praise them to high heaven for their hard work and dedication. If we dole out that praise for middle-class white women, and they deserve it, then a little respect for single welfare moms is due. Their children matter just as much as middle-class white children do, you know. Poor children are poor by chance...we don't choose our parents or their economic, psychological, or social situation. When you **** on welfare moms, you **** on their children. People forget that.
You get tired of the liberal heart getting in the way of the liberal brain? (Why is the heart so insignificant, by the way?) That isn't the case with me. I make my living thinking and writing about these issues. Don't assume I only have vague feelings about this stuff. It is much more well thought through than you think. We need to think and feel at the same time. Without the heart, reason is empty.
John
