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February 14, 2007
UN Study Denounces Child Welfare in USA and Britain
The UN has completed a study on child welfare in 21 wealthy countries. As we have come to expect, the study largely measured moonbattery.
Naturally the USA and Britain were ranked at the bottom, despite high overall levels of national wealth, largely because of "very high levels of inequality." This makes perfect sense when you keep in mind that from the socialist point of view, it's better for a child to have a dollar, so long as all the other children only have a dollar too, than for the child to have five dollars but to have to live with knowing that other kids have ten.
The USA and Britain also earned demerits by not spending enough tax money on welfare, day care services, health coverage, etc. US officials appropriately dismissed the study as a foolish waste of time. Their British counterparts complained that they aren't getting credit for "recent improvements."
On a tip from Pam.
Posted by Van Helsing at February 14, 2007 5:55 PM
Comments
This about says it all:
"In general, northern European countries with strong social welfare systems dominated the upper half of the rankings"
Sacrifice the future for the present...
Posted by: Coondog at February 14, 2007 8:30 PM
What the hell is the point of the UN? We waste more money there than in Iraq, lets cut funding.
Posted by: MB at February 14, 2007 10:28 PM
Maybe Mexico can move next to Sweden?
Posted by: Bandit at February 15, 2007 10:59 AM
Studies like this are destined to rank capitalistic societies at the bottom. It's because the measure isn't the overall wealth or wellbeing of the children, but the differences between the lowest and the highest, despite the fact that the lowest in our country is better off than the lowest in the "winning" countries.
Big deal. If we were to have our own study, we would measure based on our own criteria that we deem important. Social equality wouldn't be considered the most important thing for us, because we're not socialists. Social mobility is more important, as well as the ability for each and every person to obtain wealth based on their own efforts.
The fact that people come here in droves, legally and illegally, speaks volumes.
Plus, we certainly DO have social welfare programs. But most Americans don't HAVE to use them, so of course they are signicantly smaller than those in socialist-leaning countries. Any child in this country who has no parents or who needs food, clothing, shelter, education, whatever....there are programs set up to help them. That's a fact.
Plus, in our society, we have the mindset that we help eachother, not just rely on Big Brother. Church outreach programs, the Salvation Army, the Red Cross, and many, many other private and/or non-profit organizations help the poor and needy in this country. Socialist countries would rather look to the government, and when studies like this look at what the government is doing, they do exactly that, look at what the "government" is doing.
When the tsunami struck a few years ago, what was the first thing you did? You got online and donated to the Red Cross. When Katrina hit, what did you do, probably same as me, gave money to the Red Cross. We give as Americans, because capitalism allows for enough private wealth that private giving to private and/or non-profit organizations is an option, usually preferable to tax based government support.
Posted by: NudeGayWhalesForJesus at February 15, 2007 11:21 AM
As soon as I read the header of this artical in the local paper, I guessed what the artical would say.
To my disappointment, I was NOT wrong.
Here's a riddle to see if you're a Liberal or a Conservative: I can make two pies, you can make two cookies. King Salamon makes me give you a pie and he makes you give me a cookie.
Is this "fair and equal"? Explain your answer.
Posted by: KHarn at February 15, 2007 6:54 PM
