The Patriot Post® · Leftists Elevate Marketplace Participation Above the Family

Mona Charen: “Speaking to a Rhode Island College group last week, the president uttered a gaffe that opened a window to his stale, doctrinaire thinking. He was decrying the lack of ‘affordable, quality childcare’ in America. ‘Too often,’ he said, ‘parents have no choice but to put their kids in cheaper daycare that maybe doesn’t have the kinds of programming that makes a big difference in a child’s development … or the best programs may be too far away. And sometimes, someone, usually mom, leaves the workplace to stay home with the kids, which then leaves her earning a lower wage for the rest of her life as a result. And that’s not a choice we want Americans to make.’ … It’s odd, isn’t it, that the left, always hostile to business and money, elevates marketplace participation above family life so consistently? Nancy Pelosi thinks Obamacare is wonderful because it will supposedly free people from work so that they can be artists, but God forbid that women voluntarily take time off to nurture children. … Barack Obama – every idea he has is wrong.”