I
saw a ‘photo’ posted on Facebook the other day. It said Family Values are
eroding. Then it asked if possibly that could be because both parents have to
work and don’t have any time to spend with the children and after paying the
bills, there’s no money left for family hobbies or other ‘luxuries’.
It
seemed really straightforward to me, and I’ve been watching this kind of stuff
go on for the better part of my life, so I didn’t figure it was really anything
new, just something that was being pointed out ... again. At the time, there
were 2 comments for that posting; the second one taking umbrage because the
posting was ‘obviously’ aimed at Republicans.
Huh?
I
know the Republicans like to spout the phrase ‘Family Values’, but when
did they trademark it so that nobody else could use it? When did anything that
uses the phrase and wasn’t spouted by them somehow become an insult to
them?
Family
values are suffering, just like the ‘photo’ said. It’s been happening
for a long time. About every 4 years, it becomes another hot phrase in the
political arena. I don’t want a political party that merely talks about
family values; I want the party that understands how families are struggling,
and tries to do something to address those problems.
