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Title: Uncle Sam's Plantation: How Big Government Enslaves America's Poor and What We Can Do About It by Star Parker ISBN: 0-7852-6219-9 Publisher: WND Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.13 (15 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Great Read from A Great American, Star Parker
Comment: It is no surprise that government attempts at social engineering have proven costly, counter-productive, and oftentimes disastrous. Look no further than the 1960's War on Poverty programs of the LBJ administration, which instead of "winning" the war on poverty, only served to exacerbate the plight of the poor, creating three generations of dependence, laziness, irresponsibility and psychological nihilism - a cycle that has only started to be undone with the Welfare Reform Act of 1996.
But don't take my word for it. Just ask Star Parker, president and founder of the Coalition of Urban Renewal and Education (CURE) and self-proclaimed "former welfare queen." Picking up where she left off in her blisteringly honest memoir Pimps, Whores and Welfare Brats (Pocket Star, 1997), Parker takes big government to task in Uncle Sam's Plantation: How Big Government Enslaves America's Poor and What We Can Do About It (WND Books). If there is anyone who knows first hand the degradation and moral bankruptcy that comes with perennial dependence on "Uncle Sam," it's Ms. Parker - she lived it.
The author lays out her own categorical definitions of poverty and recounts the hard lessons she learned as a welfare mother. In discussing how liberals have hijacked history and used the poor as pawns for political purposes, Parker describes the typical government safety net as simply a way of covering up the social pathologies associated with the bad choices of the underprivileged.
Arguably the most harmful effects of massive government intervention have been the breakdown of the family unit. This is especially true in the black community, where according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services roughly 70% of black children are born out of wedlock. According to Parker, radical feminism has helped to produce this horrible state of affairs. The author shows in surgical detail how buying into the radical feminist party line (i.e. that men are "the enemy," marriage is "prostitution and slavery in a different form," and "money is power") has not only contributed to high rates of illegitimacy and abortion in the black community, but has also rendered many black women "unpaid whores and old maids."
The last third of Uncle Sam's Plantation outlines the author's proposed solutions on weaning the poor off of government dependence and liberal mind control. From analyzing the wastefulness of our current tax system and the counter-productive economic effects of minimum wage and rent control laws, to outlining how Social Security can (and should) be privatized to benefit all those who pay into it, the author displays erudition far beyond the average layperson and an iron-clad compassion born out of the experience of a woman who has indeed "been there, done that."
Star Parker's life is a shining example that individual freedom and self-reliance are indeed possible for those who desire and are willing to work for it. A person's income does not determine his/her outcome, and those desiring a better outcome for their lives should heed this extraordinary woman's words of redemption and deliverance. She is a true inspiration, and this book is a great read.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Star Continues to Shine the Light on Welfare
Comment: Star Parker's recent book "Uncle Sam's Plantation..." is
informative, inspiring, and written with the experience
of someone who has been there. As a former bleeding heart
liberal who was involved in a number of social services
organizations, it became obvious to me that many well intentioned
programs become a self perpetuating industry allowing 'do
gooders' to play Lady Bountiful to people they obviously
consider too incompetent to run their own lives.
The rewards go to those who exhibit self destructive behavior.
The more self destructive the behavior the more programs
exist as if throwing enough money and time will cure three
generations of government dependence. Ms Parker spells it
out clearly and effectively. I recommend this book to anyone
who feels that our welfare programs are going to create
independent, self supporting citizens. Your eyes will be
opened.
Lisa N
Rating: 5
Summary: Star is brilliant!!
Comment: This lady is bold and very aware of what is going on in America, especially in the black community. She is saying what everyone's thinking but afraid to say it. I admire her for rising out of "slavery" and reaching out to those who are still lost. She challenges the false security many of us tend to have, believing the government is going to save us.
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Title: Pimps, Whores and Welfare Brats: The Stunning Conservative Transformation of a Former Welfare Queen by Star Parker, Lorenzo Benet ISBN: 0671534661 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1998 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: A National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat by Zell Miller, Smyth & Helwys Pub Stroud & Hall Pub ISBN: 0974537616 Publisher: Stroud & Hall Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Scam: How the Black Leadership Exploits Black America by Jesse Lee Peterson ISBN: 0785263314 Publisher: WND Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.99 |
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Title: Persecution: How Liberals Are Waging War Against Christianity by David Limbaugh ISBN: 0895261111 Publisher: Regnery Publishing Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Arrogance: Rescuing America From the Media Elite by Bernard Goldberg ISBN: 044653191X Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 03 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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