PARENTING FREEDOM

Carol | December 6, 2011

I encourage you to spend within your means this Christmas. Live without regrets. Don’t live on credit. If you don’t have the cash, you can’t afford it.

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Carol | November 23, 2011

Are the poor getting poorer?

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Carol | September 24, 2011

This is probably the topic that causes me the most grief, but it is comparable to only one small tear in a rushing river of blood.

37 Seconds

China’s one child policy

http://www.allgirlsallowed.org/

Explosive new evidence of torture, murder, and pillage to be revealed today at House hearing on China’s brutal one-child policy
http://www.jillstanek.com/2011/09/explosive-new-evidence-of-torture-murder-and-pillage-to-be-revealed-today-at-house-hearing-on-chinas-brutal-one-child-policy/

“Detained illegally pregnant mothers about to be forcibly aborted using ethacridine lactate – comparable to a saline abortion”

China’s one-child toll reaches 400 million
http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/death-toll-from-chinas-one-child-policy-reaches-400-million-unborn-babies

“Over the years, I have been asked many times to estimate how many lives have been lost in China as a result of the one-child policy. Given that the policy has been in place for 30 years, I respond, and given that each year the government aborts between 10 to 15 million women, the total number of unborn children whose lives have been sacrificed is somewhere between 300 and 450 million…”

“Think about China’s astonishing economic performance — its annual GDP growth over the past three decades is close to 10% — once the Communist Party stopped trying to control all economic activity. Think of the tremendous work ethic of the Chinese people and their dedication to educating their children. Think of the labor shortages that are now cropping up across the country because of the one-child policy, where many factories cannot recruit enough workers.”

“Think on these things, and then ask yourself: Is China really better off because its leadership has eliminated 400 million one of the most intelligent, hard working, and entrepreneurially minded peoples the world has ever seen?”

“Has the Chinese Communist Party lost its collective mind? It has eliminated 400 million customers.”

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Carol | August 7, 2011

Afterburner with Bill Whittle: Rich Man, Poor Man

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Carol | July 8, 2011

“Each time in history that a society has tried to materialize a utopic vision of a perfect world, it has produced the most brutal and criminal regimes.” Mario Vargas Llosa

“In the long run, the aggregate of decisions of individual businessmen, exercising individual judgment in a free economy, even if often mistaken, is less likely to do harm than the centralised decisions of a government; and certainly the harm is likely to be counteracted faster.” John James Cowperthwaite

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Carol | June 29, 2011

Economic Freedom & Quality of Life

Hat Tip: http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/

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Carol | June 25, 2011

Saving Capitalism One Fifth Grader At A Time
http://biggovernment.com/driehl/2011/06/18/saving-capitalism-one-fifth-grader-at-a-time/

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Carol | April 26, 2011

My son wrote the following comments in an essay he finished today: “People understand the game, they know that they can vote government entitlements and funding to themselves, and politicians know that the leaders who can satisfy those demands will be liked. If you abandon reason and say, well, there is no definable limit to the role of government and what it can tax from people then anything is possible. That is why you have large sector of the population that lives off the state, a larger sector that pays no income tax, and a huge government bureaucracy that employs millions in comfortable but often useless jobs. There is a vast dependency and sense of entitlement that is easy to inflate, but almost impossible to reduce.” My son, N17

The following quote is attributed to Alexander Tytler: “A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they… can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations from the beginning of history has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to complacency; From complacency to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage.”

Interesting links:

Percentage of Canadian Federal Income Tax by Income Percentile
http://www.mapleleafparty.ca/2011/04/20/percentage-of-federal-income-tax-by-income-percentile/

Canadian Income Tax Distribution by Province
http://www.mapleleafparty.ca/2011/04/21/canadian-income-tax-distribution-by-province/

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Carol | April 15, 2011

I stopped by the optometrist’s yesterday to get my new frames. The staff was getting all the customers to sign a letter to the government to make sure every child gets an eye appointment before he/she starts school. They didn’t stress that it was a marketing campaign for them so that the tax payer would pay for all these free appointments. We should be helping the poor, but the majority of parents should be responsible for their own children. The entitlement programs in Canada and spending money we don’t have are going to be its demise.

16 Tons of Debt

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Carol | March 27, 2011

Baby’s growing up… and taking a shine to politics: The MEP who brings her daughter to Parliament
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1364414/Baby-s-growing-getting-interested-politics.html#ixzz1Hq0B2ycf

“‘It was not a political gesture. It was first of all a maternal gesture – that I wanted to stay with my daughter as much as possible, and to remind people that there are women who do not have this opportunity [to bring their children to work], that we should do something to talk about this.’”

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Carol | January 23, 2011

Quantitative Easing Explained

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Carol | January 23, 2011

Nearly half of women wouldn’t bother with university if they had the chance again
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1344857/Nearly-half-women-wouldnt-bother-university-chance-again.html#ixzz1BsB1WE8U

“Nearly half of female graduates would not go to university if they had the chance again.”

“Young women seem to think university ‘a waste of time’.”

“One in seven women said they had been forced to postpone getting married because a wedding would be too expensive.”

“More than one in six admitted that financial constraints had made them postpone trying to start a family.” 

What women REALLY want: To marry a rich man and stay at home with the children
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1345520/What-women-REALLY-want-To-marry-rich-man-stay-home-children.html#ixzz1BsIQofnl

“Most women still prefer to marry a man who earns more money than they do and would stay at home with their children if they could afford it, according to a survey published yesterday.”

“Despite years of equality campaigning and advances for women in the workplace, 64 per cent said they aspire to find a husband who brings home a larger pay packet than they do. None wanted to marry a man who earned less.”

“And 69 per cent said they would prefer to stay at home to look after their children if money were not an issue.”

What Your Brain Looks Like After 20 Years of Marriage
http://healthland.time.com/2011/01/11/what-your-brain-looks-like-after-20-years-of-marriage/#ixzz1BsQt8yoV

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Carol | December 30, 2010

Canadians With More Debt Than U.S. Spark Policy Makers’ Warning
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-14/canadians-with-more-debt-than-u-s-spark-policy-makers-warning.html

Key differences between Canada and the US
http://unambig.com/key-differences-between-canada-and-the-us/

MPs vote down bill to stop coerced abortion
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/12/15/16565986.html

They are nuts. Sick. What about women’s rights!!! They can’t even protect women from coerced abortion.

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Carol | July 12, 2010

Charts of the Day: Employment
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/10/charts-of-the-day-employment/

“The financial collapse also battered our northern neighbor, Canada, although not quite to the same extent it did us. (Canada has more conservative banking and lending policies, which shielded them from the worst of the problems.) Instead of using a blizzard of government spending to correct a downturn in unemployment, Canada tightened its belt and rode it out.”

Christie looks to privatize motor vehicle inspections, other services
http://www.northjersey.com/news/politics/070910_Christie_looks_to_privatize_motor_vehicle_inspections.html

I would love to see a move toward less socialism in Canada.

Announcing Beck University
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/42502/

My sons (11 and 16) wanted to listen to these lectures, so we joined Glenn Beck’s Insider Extreme last week. They were impressed with the first lecture, and also enjoy watching the live webcam of the Glenn Beck program. Fun(ny) stuff!! 

The 100 Americans the Left Hates Most
http://media.glennbeck.com/docs/100americans-pg1.pdf

Mama Grizzlies

Levi Johnston Apologizes to Palin Family for ‘Youthful Indiscretion’
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20399773,00.html

“Last year, after Bristol and I broke up, I was unhappy and a little angry. Unfortunately, against my better judgment, I publicly said things about the Palins that were not completely true,” he tells PEOPLE exclusively. “I have already privately apologized to Todd and Sarah. Since my statements were public, I owe it to the Palins to publicly apologize.”

I wonder if he is getting big bucks to get back in the good graces of the Palin family in order to give the media dirt.

‘Tan tax’ discussions include allegations of reverse racism
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/08/AR2010070804488_pf.html

TSA to Block “Controversial Opinion” on the Web
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-20009642-10391695.html

They are testing…

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Carol | June 3, 2010

I hardly have my eyes open in the morning when B11 comes downstairs with the questions (that I have to Google)… “Mommy, what is Canada’s debt?”… Canada certainly can’t afford to continue on this track… But people think they are entitled to having everything for free…

Canada’s Federal Debt
http://www.debtclock.ca/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=1

Where does the money go?
Soaring costs force Canada to reassess health model
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100531/hl_nm/us_health_3

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