Why do LIBERALS love the Nanny State?

Question

When the state provides all your needs, why should you look for a job? Are we now are we coming to realize that the “benevolent paternalism” of a LIBERAL Nanny State government does more harm than good? Has anyone seen our inner cities that vote blue in exchange for more 'goodies'?


(My 360 Blog poll - Hypocrisy! Worse on the Right or Left)

Answer 1

Put a sock in it, Penelope.

Where do you cons get this slur that you're all love and roses and everyone else is just a bunch of trailer trash slackers?

FYI, the Democrats/liberals in this country provide every much as financial support in terms of taxes as you cons to.

So where's your "nanny state" now?

Most of the hard working blue collar people I've known in my life and career are Democrats ~ not Republicans.

You folks want to sit in an air conditioned cubicle and do internet trading while the REAL skilled work is done by others sweating out in the shop.

Nanny state, indeed.

Plus, most of you cons would starve to death in a week if you couldn't drive to the supermarket in your Lexus or Hummer. You don't know squat about raising crops or hunting. In general, Democrats are far more self-sufficient than you cons.

Answer 2

Almost every American will eventually be dependent on a Nanny State because no one working in Congress wants to keep jobs in America. Everything is being outsourced to other countries. There are many unemployed Republicans and unemployed Democrats. If you think that only Democrats are having to rely on a Nanny State to survive, then you are living in a dream state. It would be nice if every person in America owned a successful business of his own. It would be nice if no one had to rely on government programs. There are places in the world that don't offer any government programs to the poor. Those places are third-world countries. Most of the poor people in those countries are starving to death. It's easy for the CEO of Exxon or someone like Donald Trump to complain about a Nanny State. It's also easy for a poor person to think the wealthy owe him everything. Unfortunately, the Clintons did teach poor Americans to believe the rich owed them everything. You complain about the conditions in the inner cities. You probably don't live in one of those poor areas anyway. The poor people living in those areas have to rely on police protection. Most Americans do have to rely on police protection, because most Americans can't afford to hire their own bodyguards. Again, there isn't one American that doesn't have to rely on the Nanny State, and I do believe that more Americans will become dependent on a Nanny State regardless of who is President, because foreigners in other countries will be doing all of the work that Americans used to do. American business owners are going to do whatever it takes to make a profit. If that means hiring someone in China or Thailand to work for less money, then so be it. Every communist society eventually fails. The former Soviet Union was a good example of that. Someday, Americans will have to struggle to survive. In the meantime, poor Americans will blame rich people as the reason why they are not making enough money, and rich Americans will blame poor people as the reason why they can only afford two S.U.V.s instead of ten. It has always been that way. There is nothing new under the sun.

Answer 3

There is no in between?

Maybe some of you should see how welfare is handled in Wisconsin.

It's a hand up not a hand out.

Families have many goals set by the social service department that they have to achieve within two years to get themselves to a solvent situation.
Then their welfare is reviewed and usually cut off or cut down.
Each situation is unique depending on the circumstances.

There is no reason why the richest country in the world should have even one person go hungry or live on the streets.
Or die from cancer because their insurance company decided it wasn't cost effective.

Answer 4

The liberal blue states supply the money that keeps the federal government programs running. If the federal taxes collected from those states were returned to them in block grant amounts at, let’s say a fair rate of 90%, they could operate whatever programs they wanted and the red states should have nothing to say about it. The red states would be less dependent on the blue states and more self-sufficient.

Answer 5

The "Nanny State" in America is a myth. A popular myth with conservatives but still a myth. I have repeatedly challenged conservatives to tell my what specific programs they are objecting to but only get vague answers like "welfare". Is that state unemployment insurance? Unemployment has a 6 month limit. Is it TANF, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families? TANF has a work and/or job training requirement to get benefits and a 60 month lifetime cumulative limit to benefits.

Answer 6

Yes but then you have today where the President advises banks to help bail out those mortgage defaulters. So they are all getting good feelings from helping losers who are bringing down society. I honestly wonder if either side has the answer. It all comes down to parenting because if people did their parenting job correctly, we wouldnt need nanny government.

Answer 7

People with small minds need to divide the world into black and white, good and bad, even if it only exists in their own fantasies.
I don't think the sins of poor people in this country are any worse than that of Republican CEO corporate buddies who do a crappy job, then sue everybody in site to get a 130 million dollar dismissal package for running the company into the ground (and making a lot of normal, "red state" people unemployed).

Answer 8

Do you really think there will ever be a nanny state? I don't. Yet people scream about it as if it is just one vote away. Penelope this question is getting old. Do us a favor and please turn the page.

Answer 9

Strange, not one response even hinted that they don't want a "nanny state". You sure know how to P them O.

Hypocrisy is worse when it comes from the right because it is so unexpected. When it comes from the left it is business as usual.

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Answer 10

Keeping the populace dependent upon the government ensures liberals keep their seats in power. Giving people the tools to become independent of the government would result in a loss of power for liberals.
People who achieve success and are held to a standard are almost always happier, more responsible and more satisfied than those who are told they cannot achieve on their own and that they need help for everything.