Posted by
Thoughtful Compassionate Conservative on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 2:34:24 PM
It is shameful how the mainstream media (The New
York Times, The Boston Globe, CBS, ABC, NBC, MSNBC, CNN and others) serve up
the "news" in a recipe designed to convince the American public that
socialism is our only salvation. It seems every story is skewed with that
purpose in mind. News that contradicts the benefits of socialism just doesn't
get much air time.
One of the drumbeats we keep hearing from this media outlet is how the rich are
the only ones improving their economic lot and, no less, on the backs of the
poor. There is even a presidential candidate running on the slogan of "the
two Americas".
What you won't read in these newspapers or hear about on these TV channels is
the Congressional Budget Office's newly released study showing that poor
families with children have improved their incomes, after being adjusted for
inflation, by more than 33% from 1991 to 2005. As a matter of fact the
poorest 20% in the U.S.
increased their incomes by 78%, while the richest 20% improved their incomes by
54%.
The reasons for this improvement lie with 1996 welfare reform, expansion of the
earned income tax credit and tight labor markets. Some 2 million mothers have
left the welfare roles for jobs since the mid 1990s.
This is good news for America.
You'd think a success story like this would make the front pages and lead the
news. Not a chance!
How can you really take anything these people feed us in the daily news
seriously