From: jsw@cray.com (Jon S. Wood)
Subject: DADS and Presidential Candidates
Reply-To: jsw@cray.com
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 12 Oct 92 17:03:29 CDT


 Both parties are bashing fathers. Single mothers, welfare, afdc, daycare, 
sickcare, parental leave, low birth rates, children in poverty, poor health
care for children, HeadStart, pre-school, children having children, domestic 
violence, 'dysfunctional' families are problems in society that have been
getting a lot of attention, most all of the blame is heaped on men. Men are either
blamed for societal ills or they are oppressers to "change".  Both parties 
recognize the instability of our communities, but no one links the break-
down with the dismantling of the family nor is anybody willing to challenge
that which looks painfully obvious. Both parties pick the easy target, the
one with the money, dads. 

Politics and Dads, 1992

1.
 A typical democrat response is to rip the no good son of a bitch (dads) who left
his home to leave his family behind to starve. Women's groups, of which there
are thousands, lobby hard to perpetuate this urban myth. Women good, men bad.
Democrats attack NCPs because it perpetuates the women-good, men-bad philosophy
spewed out every second of every day by women's groups that dominate 
this party. Republicans bash NCPs because its cheap to go for the wallet.
Both policies result in the 'poor women minority' dominating in family 
court. Upward mobility in the 90s for women is to bear children by 
multiple ever richer ex husbands.

2.  Women are encouraged
to be independent, as long as the ol' man (her daddy) or hubby/boyfriend
pick up the tab. Women's groups encourage independence. "To hell with the
kids, get a job as a daycare worker taking care of everybody elses kids
for 4 bucks an hour". Logic questions how a second wage earner working
40 hours per week at 6 bucks an hour can earn enough to pay child care,  
let alone pay for gas/parking/auto etc to make it worth it. Of course, 
a European vacation and BMW is more important than taking Susie to volley-
ball practice and Mikey to piano lessons after school.
I often wonder when I see a couple dashing to and from a day care why they
bother to have a kid in the first place? Why not 'rent a kid'. Hell, when
ya need em, (when the boss comes over for dinner) just rent the neighbors's
kids. There are millions of kids watching T.V. alone at night or with a
11 year old babysitter while mommy and daddy go to the club on tuesday, 
the basketball game on thursday and a dinner date on friday night. 
Women independent, good. Family independent of children, typical. Children
who don't give a damn, increasing.

3. Dysfuntional. Stolen from the AA crowd, dysfuntional is used to explain
all problems on couples whose above life style makes them feel stale, worn-
out, unworthy, myopic, and well, dysfuntional. "Honey, why can't you be
everything to me, take me places, buy me things." The Dallas Syndrome. 
You remember the T.V. show, Mercedes, shopping and nannies. Dysfunctional
my ass. Spoiled is more like it. The kids just ruin the fun.

Politics is deeply involved. The republicans are sick of paying taxes for
the women's right to "BLANK" and the democrats want to tax the hell out
of ya to pay for everybodies right to do THEIR thing. 

Dads, move out. Leave everything behind, especially the kids, and pay
outrageous sums of child support because we all know your a no good
son of a bitch. Now,  you can work two jobs and pay one hell of a lot
of taxes to pay for all others' right to do jack shit as they please.