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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== | | ==Issues== |
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| | #* endless expansion of [[welfare]] programs | | #* endless expansion of [[welfare]] programs |
| | #* the destructiveness of welfare state programs on [[African Americans]] | | #* the destructiveness of welfare state programs on [[African Americans]] |
| − | #* [[welfare dependency]] | + | #* welfare dependency |
| − | # [[perverse incentives]] | + | # perverse incentives |
| | # [[socialized medicine]] | | # [[socialized medicine]] |
| − | # [[Medicaid ]] | + | # [[Medicaid]] |
| | #*"bankrupting states and delivering substandard [[health care]]" | | #*"bankrupting states and delivering substandard [[health care]]" |
| | #*Medicaid reform | | #*Medicaid reform |
| | # inner city [[public schools]] are beyond repair | | # inner city [[public schools]] are beyond repair |
| − | #*[[school competition]] | + | #*school competition |
| − | #*[[parental choice]] | + | #*parental choice |
| | #*[[school vouchers]] | | #*[[school vouchers]] |
| − | #*[[tax credits]] | + | #*tax credits |
| | # breakdown of the traditional black family | | # breakdown of the traditional black family |
| − | # the sharp weapon of [[racial intimidation]] | + | # the sharp weapon of racial intimidation |
| − | # [[sexual irresponsibility]] and [[immorality]] led to "the top three social crises confronting us as a nation today": [[AIDS]], [[abortion]], and the entire [[welfare state]] [http://www.rightwingwatch.org/category/groups/coalition-urban-renewal-education] | + | # sexual irresponsibility and [[immorality]] led to "the top three social crises confronting us as a nation today": [[AIDS]], [[abortion]], and the entire [[welfare state]] [http://www.rightwingwatch.org/category/groups/coalition-urban-renewal-education] |
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| | [[Category:Economists]] | | [[Category:Economists]] |