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Anything that injects or ejects sperm can be a Dad. It is quite something else again to be a good Father. Some on the right want to punish father’s who worked and spent what they had on their children and wives, giving them a better upbringing than they had, rather than saving selfishly for their own retirement or investing and risking all on the lotto.

Good fathers abound who will be thrown on trash heaps by society if we implement policies that don’t provide a safety net for those who did work and provide all their lives.

Some on the right want to punish father’s who worked and spent what they had on their children and wives…

Whom are you talking about? What do you mean by “punish?”

Ending Social Security by diverting its funding into privatized accounts which many will be able to afford and many will not, for one.

Hastening the bankruptcy of the Medicare/Medicaid program by passing a law prohibiting competitive bidding for the plan’s RX drug program, for 2.

Ending bankruptcy protection for working people should they lose their jobs or experience horrendous medical bills which not even there offspring could pay off for 3.

And how about that national debt and those deficits? They threaten to take even more of Dad’s paycheck from this point forward in the form of federal taxes for the rest of Dad’s life.

I see… Taxing for Social Security is good, but taxing for anything else isn’t. Got it. ;-)

Seriously, I would assume most dads would prefer the option (have you forgotten they would be optional?) of a private account (or better still, relying on their own investments) rather than simply giving it to the government to piss away.

Personally, I would prefer the opportunity to opt out altogether. I’ll never need or want it.

Oh yes, and social security (at the federal level) is unconstitutional (tenth amendment).

Sorry Aakash, I’m not trying to hijack your thread. I’ll stop posting here. Good links, btw.

I’ve been concerned lately at how often the father’s role in the family is demeaned in the name of Political Correctness. Husbands are not praised for work outside the home out of fear of offending homemakers. Fathers are not praised for supporting their children out of fear of offending single mothers.

One wonders what percentage of those sitting in jail or prison today had a responsible father figure around when he was most needed.

Steve D,
Probably not many.

Rob,
I agree, Fathers don’t get much praise for what they do because of Political Correctness.
Political Correctness DEMANDS that men in general be portrayed as low lifes. And heaven help anyone who would even sugest that there might be a good Dad out there.
Well fact is there are a whole heap of good dads out there.

The Traveller said: “Personally, I would prefer the opportunity to opt out altogether. I�ll never need or want it.”

Yes, I am sure you would. Just like single folks and empty nesting parents would love to opt out of property taxes for schools. Or 100 million Americans would love to opt out of taxes for the military seeing as how it has been used to injure America, in their eyes. And how about those who never ever fly planes or trains. I am sure they would love to opt out of taxes that support those industries.

Yes, society would indeed crumble and fail in big damn hurry if you and everyone with the same opinion as you had their way. I never met at tax that benefitted everyone from everyone’s point of view.

Taxes that benefit the nation and majority of Americans are justified and needed. A safety net that prevents economic gyrations from throwing working Americans into poverty is a worthwhile policy not only for those workers, but all who depend upon their ability to continue consuming during those economic gyrations, like corporations and investors.