Heritage report on marriage shows Dan Quayle right about 90s Murphy Brown

Photo of newly married couple taken in May, 1943 is by Marjory Collins from the Office of War Information Photograph Collection.From US Library of Congress.Dan Quayle was right.

I remember the hoopla in the 1990s surrounding Republican vice-president Dan Quayle’s speech about the Murphy Brown character on the show of the same name. Candice Bergen played the lead role, and toward the middle years of the series, her character becomes a single mom.

The father of the child didn’t want to be a parent, something he apparently didn’t think about at a pivotal moment.

Quayle was critical of the Murphy Brown out of wedlock storyline  because he believed it devalued fathers. He made a speech expressing that sentiment and the result was a poli-class furor.

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Why politics and rhetoric cannot solve America’s immigration challenges

Former Florida governor Jeb Bush and Robert D. Putnam, Malkin professor of public policy at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, published a well-written essay in The Washington Post * on Saturday. ‘A better welcome for our nation’s immigrants' set out to persuade the citizenry that America is a nation of immigrants and immigrants are a “not-so-secret edge in a competitive interconnected world economy.”

The essayists believe there should be more “low-cost English classes,” as well as investment in public education. We should also “assist communities experiencing rapid increases in immigration…”

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‘Immigration’ lacks reasoned debate as leadership fails again

Updated on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at 12:04PM by Kay B. Day, Editor

By Kay B. Day

Protesters on an Arizona street argued with a man filming the crowd, and when police tried to escort the man away for his safety, the protesters began to throw water bottles and other things at both the police and the man. Obviously tempers were not in check. Obviously, judging from the video, this confrontation began with a woman who appears to be a high strung type inciting the crowd.

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Immigrants and illegal entrants have big impact on welfare spending

Florida hospital administrator Carol Plato testified before Congress in Florida about the more than $1.5 million her hospital spent on one man who was in the US illegally. TUSR covered the testimony in an earlier column that can be accessed by clicking the photo.Congress so far has been incapable of deciding what to do about people who come to the US legally or illegally from all over the globe. Until the government owns up to the costs associated with both legal immigration and those who come to the US under the radar, spending will continue to grow at the expense of the taxpayer. And that spending will also come at the expense of the tax recipient.

The Center for Immigration Studies points out sobering figures about immigration based on Census Bureau data from March, 2009: “In 2008, 53 percent of all households headed by an immigrant (legal or illegal) with one or more children under age 18 used at least one welfare program, compared to 36 percent for native households with children. Immigrant use of welfare tends to be much higher than natives for food assistance programs and Medicaid. Use of cash and housing programs tends to be very similar to natives. A large share of the welfare used by immigrants is received on behalf of their U.S.-born children. But even households with children comprised entirely of immigrants still have a welfare use rate of 47 percent.”

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Obama cabinet politicos snark about Kyl’s stimulus stance

Arizona Republican senator John Kyl said, "Even the money that has been spent isn’t going to the worthy 'shovel-ready' projects often mentioned by proponents of the bill." Sen. John Kyl (R-Ariz.) has been outspoken about stimulus spending, calling for an end to the program many of us believe is just another Democratic Party excuse to tax and spend. Kyl found himself in a storm of criticism from some members of President Barack Obama’s cabinet. Kyl voiced his opinions during pop politics programs airing Sunday morning. The Arizona Republic doesn’t agree with Kyl’s position, but defended the senator’s right to state his concerns. The newspaper cited the cabinet politicos: “Shaun Donovan, secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Ray LaHood, secretary of Transportation. Ken Salazar, secretary of the Interior. And Tom Vilsack, secretary of Agriculture. Of the lot, LaHood's message was the most blunt: '(I)f you prefer to forfeit the money we are making available to your state, as Senator Kyl suggests, please let me know.' " The bureaucrats sent the letter to Arizona’s governor.

There’s a lesson in this, and it’s one every American should respect. When we say we want the federal government to spend less, we must include our own states in the reductions.

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Patriots pledge to Obama-Biden: Democrats in Congress will spread their own wealth

Breaking: Exclusive to The US Report

Democrats in the US Congress are so excited about Sen. Barack Obama’s tax plan to “spread the wealth around” some have agreed to contribute 10 percent of their personal wealth to the U.S. Treasury. These Democrats have also earmarked 5 percent of total donations for ACORN and other community groups. One senator got so excited she gave  a developer two acres of land she bought at a distressed auction. Section 8 vouchers can be used to provide low income residents a safe place to live. The senator plans to build a multiplex and will utilize resources available through Freddie Mac. “I can’t wait 'til the people in that little subdivision meet their new neighbors!” she said. Asked if there were plans to build a multiplex in her own neighborhood, the senator explained, "Oh, no--it's a zoning thing. A multiplex would never be allowed in my neighborhood."

Fighting for a place in the voluntary donor line were members listed on Roll Call’s ’50 Richest Members of Congress List.’ An unnamed source said, “John Kerry and Nancy Pelosi almost knocked each other down trying to get to the head of the line.”

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