Weekly Rant - The blame is on the moms...JK...Kinda...
The government welfare state has ballooned to an unbelievable size over the past 60-ish years. Many factors have contributed to this growth; The disastrous presidency of Lyndon B Johnson and his war on poverty, the sexual
revolution, the aftermath of the industrial revolution, the two-income trap we all fell into, Globalized trade being prioritized, our economy being plunged into the abstract of the stock market as its main source of growth, and a bunch of other things that would make this list a mile long.
However, one thing that should be included on this list
that Leviathan* uses to gain power it never plans on releasing is that of working moms. Moms are the bedrock of society, and they do the most important job for humanity there is, namely, produce and raise humanity. As the great C.S. Lewis once wrote "The homemaker's job is one for which all other's exist."
Once upon a time churches and
community centers and school functions relied on a volunteer workforce of mothers to accomplish things like backpack drives, staff soup kitchens, organize church potlucks, provide clothes to the naked, and countless other things that communities need to thrive. However, when the moms were convinced that they needed to work a regular 9-5 by diabolical propaganda, our communities lost these coveted volunteers. And guess who picked up the slack? Thats right, Uncle Sam did.
I find myself being just as patriotic as the next guy in most cases but in all my studies of economics it is just too painfully obvious that good old Uncle Sam is terrible with finances! And yet, we decided to trade in the most important job in the world, that even though it was not a typical 9-5 it was in all respects an economic powerhouse of sustainability,
for a government welfare system that is economically crippling to everyone it touches.
The point of this rant is not to say working moms are the cause of all bad things that ever happen ever, but it is to point out the simple fact that economies and communities would run better if households operated under one income and the non-income earning
adult would take an interest in their community thriving. Of course, we have fallen for the two-income trap so going back on that idea will cause untold economic strife, but if it is done overtime with prudence, then a thriving economy that is actually having babies could be possible. I would hope that even my secular friends would see the importance of having babies, even if they themselves find the practice unattractive.
