{"id":37228,"date":"2019-10-06T20:34:19","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T00:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=37228"},"modified":"2019-10-06T20:34:19","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T00:34:19","slug":"fiscal-insanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=37228","title":{"rendered":"Fiscal Insanity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/rep-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-unveils-bill-that-would-give-federal-benefits-to-illegal-aliens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Daily Wire<\/a> posted an article today about the latest proposal by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The 29-year-old former bartender has unveiled a new six-bill package of legislation titled \u201cA Just Society.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cA just society provides a living wage, safe working conditions, and healthcare. A just society acknowledges the value of immigrants to our communities. A just society guarantees safe, comfortable, and affordable housing,\u201d says a page on her House website dedicated to the package. \u201cBy strengthening our social and economic foundations, we are preparing ourselves to embark on the journey to save our planet by rebuilding our economy and cultivate a just society.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The package has six parts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201cThe Place to Prosper Act\u201d would prevent year-over-year rent increases of more than 3%.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cThe Uplift Workers Act\u201d would mandate that the Department of Labor to create a \u201cworker-friendly score\u201d considering factors such as paid-family leave, a $15 minimum wage and union membership.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cThe Mercy in Re-entry Act\u201d would grant public benefits to those convicted of criminal offenses.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The \u201cGuarantees the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights for All\u201d Act does, well, just that.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cThe Recognizing Poverty Act\u201d orders the Department of Health and Human Services \u201cto adjust the federal poverty line\u201d based on location.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cThe Embrace Act\u201d would allow illegal aliens to claim the same welfare benefits as all U.S. citizens and legal immigrants.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How about a &#8220;just society&#8221; where everyone gets to keep what they earn, and those who feel the need to help others are free to do that.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/11\/03\/your-money\/republicans-democrats-charity-philanthropy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Times<\/a> article from November 3, 2018, reported the following:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Charitable contributions may be lower in Democratic-leaning counties, but residents support the social safety net through higher taxes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Note to those who support government programs over private charity&#8211;in general private charities are run much more efficiently than government programs. Private charities also have a handle on who genuinely needs help and who has learned how to game the system.<\/p>\n<p>Generally speaking it is never a good idea to take money from people that earn it and give it to people who did not&#8211;at best it is de-motivational, at worst it is simple theft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Daily Wire posted an article today about the latest proposal by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The article reports: The 29-year-old former bartender has unveiled a new six-bill package of legislation titled \u201cA Just Society.\u201d \u201cA just society provides a living &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=37228\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6701,11885,9294,10868,12037,1439,4073,7245,181,12338,10091,6407,34,9803,12339,365,11823],"class_list":["post-37228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-affordable-housing","tag-alexandria-ocasio-cortez","tag-charitable-contributions","tag-charity","tag-daily-wire","tag-department-of-health","tag-department-of-labor","tag-health-and-human-services","tag-illegal-aliens","tag-just-society","tag-migrants","tag-money","tag-new-york-times","tag-poverty-line","tag-rent-increases","tag-republicans","tag-the-daily-wire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37229,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37228\/revisions\/37229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}