Sponsored Content




Intermarkets' Privacy Policy
Support





















« Open Thread | Main | Next Republican Debate, To Be Broadcast By CNBC, Will Require Candidates to Demonstrate "Viability" to Take the Stage; Will Have Fewer Than 10 Candidates »
September 28, 2015

Marco Rubio: I Have A Plan To Further Another Long Held Democratic Dream.

Not content with helping in usher permanent liberal majorities through mass amnesty, Marco Rubio has a proposal to advance the ball on paid family leave.

"Our policies should help workers, not cost them their jobs," the Florida senator will say, according to excerpts provided by his campaign. "I believe we can fix this problem by creatively applying our free enterprise principles in a way that encourages businesses to choose to offer more paid family leave."

...

"They say the only way to solve this problem is to raise taxes, grow government, and place crippling requirements on private companies," Rubio will say, per his prepared remarks, referencing Obamacare. "I believe we can fix this problem by creatively applying our free enterprise principles in a way that encourages businesses to choose to offer more paid family leave."

And what's the "free enterprise" solution to this problem that's none of the government's business? Why another tax credit of course. Companies will get a credit for 25% of the wages they spend on an employee up to $4,000 over 12 weeks.

The left is naturally embracing this compromise position. No wait. They are doing what they always do...say it's not enough.

This is how government grows. Liberals identify a problem that the government "must do something about". Conservatives point out that it's not the government's place to do this. Then Team GOP moderates come in with a big-government "conservative" idea. Democrats claim the moderate GOP idea is cheap and propose something even bigger and something between the leftwing dream and Team GOP's idea is adopted. And then it grows. And grows. And grows. And then the leftwing dream is realized.

The reality is the Team GOP types will ALWAYS be outbid by the left. There's no margin for small government conservatives in playing this game.

But hey, Rubio gives lovely speeches. So go with that.


digg this
posted by DrewM. at 12:22 PM

| Access Comments




Recent Comments
G'rump928(c) : "[i]But when you need goods or services you go into ..."

Ben Had: "AltonJackson, I think we are just about to get h ..."

Bulgaroctonus : "Walmart is a Chinese whore. ..."

Dead Name McGee: "I don’t actually want to SEE it with my own ..."

Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948: "It's an admirable goal. If you can, buy property ..."

Braenyard: ">>>my goal is to live outside a town that is just ..."

Bulgaroctonus : "211 *Feh* ..."

Cicero (@cicero43): "Ask your doctor about Equinox. Do not take Equinox ..."

AltonJackson: " [i]AltonJackson, welcome to Corsicana ! Poste ..."

Mr Aspirin Factory: "If you can figure out when, where, and how to visi ..."

Bulgaroctonus : "209 Feb. Good riddance. Fall kicks summer’ ..."

Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948: "A friend told me one of the most "city" things I'v ..."

Recent Entries
Search


Polls! Polls! Polls!
Frequently Asked Questions
The (Almost) Complete Paul Anka Integrity Kick
Top Top Tens
Greatest Hitjobs

The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)
Powered by
Movable Type 2.64