OBAMA-CLOWARD-PIVEN

Always On Watch

Admittedly, I have very few good things to say about either Richard Cloward or Frances Fox Piven.  I believe they are among this country’s most contemptible personalities.  I believe this because of their efforts to destroy American society and replace our traditional society with one modeled on the Soviet Union.  They are, in my view, classic examples of enemies of the state and they did everything within their power to bring this country’s government to its knees.  In spite of this disdain, a short summary of each is warranted as an introduction to this piece. ...

 

... "Together, Cloward-Piven developed what has become known as the Cloward-Piven Strategy, outlined in 1966 and calling for the overloading of the U. S. public welfare system in order to precipitate crises that were beyond the ability of government bureaucracies to manage.  It would, in other words, cause the collapse of the U. S. government and lead to the creation of a national welfare state paid for through onerous taxation imposed upon working Americans.  Cloward-Piven supposed that this could be the result of forcing the Democratic Party (which in 1966 controlled both houses of Congress and the presidency) to federalize all poverty based programs. "

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"At this stage, of course ... there is nothing anyone can do about this.  Obama has a free reign for another 3 years.  It may even be true that we haven’t seen anything yet..."
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