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'''Star Parker''' is founder and president of CURE, the [[Center for Urban Renewal and Education]], a [[501c3]] [[think tank]] which explores and promotes [[market based]] [[public policy]] to fight poverty, as well as author of the newly revised ''[[Uncle Sam's Plantation: How Big Government Enslaves America's Poor and What We Can do About It]].'' [http://townhall.com/columnists/starparker/2012/01/09/naacp_plantation_masters_play_race_card_again/page/full/] | '''Star Parker''' is founder and president of CURE, the [[Center for Urban Renewal and Education]], a [[501c3]] [[think tank]] which explores and promotes [[market based]] [[public policy]] to fight poverty, as well as author of the newly revised ''[[Uncle Sam's Plantation: How Big Government Enslaves America's Poor and What We Can do About It]].'' [http://townhall.com/columnists/starparker/2012/01/09/naacp_plantation_masters_play_race_card_again/page/full/] | ||
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| + | ==Issues== | ||
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| + | # [[NAACP]] | ||
| + | #* accuses "well meaning white conservative" [[Rick Santorum]] of being [[racist]] | ||
| + | #* promotes [[same sex marriage]] as a [[civil rights]] issue. | ||
| + | # Welfare | ||
| + | #* endless expansion of [[welfare]] programs | ||
| + | #* the destructiveness of welfare state programs on [[black Americans]] | ||
| + | # [[perverse incentives]] | ||
| + | # [[socialized medicine]] | ||
| + | # [[Medicaid ]] | ||
| + | #*"bankrupting states and delivering substandard [[health care]]" | ||
| + | #*Medicaid reform | ||
| + | # inner city [[public schools]] are beyond repair | ||
| + | #*[[school competition]] | ||
| + | #*[[parental choice]] | ||
| + | #*[[school vouchers]] | ||
| + | #*[[tax credits]] | ||
| + | # breakdown of the traditional black family | ||
| + | # the sharp weapon of [[racial intimidation]] | ||
Revision as of 15:41, January 9, 2012
Star Parker is founder and president of CURE, the Center for Urban Renewal and Education, a 501c3 think tank which explores and promotes market based public policy to fight poverty, as well as author of the newly revised Uncle Sam's Plantation: How Big Government Enslaves America's Poor and What We Can do About It. [1]
Issues
- NAACP
- accuses "well meaning white conservative" Rick Santorum of being racist
- promotes same sex marriage as a civil rights issue.
- Welfare
- endless expansion of welfare programs
- the destructiveness of welfare state programs on black Americans
- perverse incentives
- socialized medicine
- Medicaid
- "bankrupting states and delivering substandard health care"
- Medicaid reform
- inner city public schools are beyond repair
- breakdown of the traditional black family
- the sharp weapon of racial intimidation