I went to luncheon where Star Parker spoke yesterday. I got to talk with her for a while and then hear her speech which was riveting. I took a lot of notes for you while she spoke, but Wikipedia really encapsulates her here:"A conservative African American woman, Parker spent her teen and early adult years as an unemployed mother on welfare. She has chronicled her teenaged arrests for shoplifting and her having had four abortions. After embracing the Christian religion, Parker embarked upon a career as a spokesperson for conservative social and political causes. She opposes many public entitlements, claiming that welfare is similar to an invitation to a government plantation, which creates a situation where those who accept the invitation switch mindsets from "How do I take care of myself?" to "What do I have to do to stay on the plantation?" She claims that stable families and strong moral values are the key to ending poverty. She has asserted a moral objection to abortion and claims that rampant abortion has hurt black families."
She talked a lot about what's happening to Americans today as they accept, more and more, the slow creep of socialism via redistribution (which she feels is inconsistent with our founding), entitlements, etc........"Uncle Sam's Plantation didn't work for Blacks and it won't work for Whites..," she said today. Amen to that.
As a young woman, she had been sold on the idea that her problems were somebody else's fault, but she soon wised up and realized that wasn't the case. She learned, first hand, the "destructive nature of entitlements," and today, she speaks to welfare moms and teaches them that the first steps out of poverty are freedom and personal responsibility... to take control of one's life and let less government step in.
She talked about how "half of our country is making and half of our country is taking." She's right. And she asserts that can't work. Star also laments that "we are no longer building our country on the blue prints..." of the founding fathers, etc.
Interesting stats she gave were about Black voting:
96% were Obama fans in 2008
94% in 2009
85% in 2011
79% in 2012 Slow and steady....slow and steady.............
An interesting point is that Blacks are fleeing the big cities...17% drop in Blacks in Chicago and NY, 20% drop in Detroit...they're going to right to work cities........that's more good news.
One of the ways she illustrated her disdain for big government and how some of its programs are destined to ruin American families was by telling us this: Did you know that if your children neglect their kids or can't or don't want to support them, they can turn them over to the State and the State will put them in Foster Homes? Sure, and what's happening is the grandparents are tearfully persuading the Foster Home system to give them the grandchildren they want to raise and, that way, the grandparents get THREE TIMES the pay their daughter would have from welfare! Why would a mother decide to keep her children when this can happen? And can you imagine how many are bilking the system? $$$ Star's none too happy about that, either. Who would be?
Some really good news is that she worked to get vouchers in the DC system and they finally beat Obama and there are 1700 vouchers worth $7500 each and children are taking advantage of better schools; a good thing.
Star Parker is the founder and president of CURE, the Center for Urban Renewal and Education, a 501(c)(3) non-profit think tank which promotes market based public policy to fight poverty. HERE is her website.
She talked about a lot of things yesterday but I won't go into them all. Suffice it to say she's beautiful, she's smart, she's PASSIONATE and a loyal, faithful American....and a big part of her message is how she believes Black Americans will wake up if only they get the message that they can be what they want to be and that entitlements are enslavement..........she was enslaved and broke out of the chains. May her work continue for others..........
If you can support her group, C.U.R.E. (link above,) please do! Thanks!
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