MSNBC Person: We've Had This Idea That Children Are a Private Responsibility and It's Just Terrible

So much bad stuff in here it's hard to parse it all out.

One basic thing: This idea of "shared responsibility" doesn't work. In practice, if one person (or two, in a two parent family) is responsible, then stuff gets taken care of.

If "we're all responsible," then actually no one is responsible, and stuff doesn't get taken care of.

"We're all responsible" is not a slogan for increasing the responsibility of all; it's a formula for decreasing everyone's responsibility, and, unfortunately, chiefly reducing the responsibility of those who are actually responsible.

Liberal plans are always premised on shifting responsibility from those parties who naturally care (or should care) to those who don't -- that is, complete strangers -- and always fail because of this.

posted by Ace at 11:43 AM

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