The famed huckster P.T. Barnum once observed that “nobody ever lost a dollar by underestimating the taste of the American public,” and Old Joe Biden’s handlers obviously believe that they have nothing to lose by underestimating our intelligence, either. That was clear from a new presentation from the White House entitled “The Build Back Better Framework: President Biden’s Plan to Rebuild the Middle Class,” featuring a series of cartoons purporting to show “what the Build Back Better Framework will mean for Linda from Peoria, IL.” Apparently what it will mean is cradle-to-grave dependence on the generosity and good graces of the federal government, as with Obama’s infamous “Life of Julia,” which it closely resembles. Socialism? Unapologetically.
he opening image depicts every little girl’s dream: a very pregnant woman wearing a hard hat and tool belt, and consulting a clipboard. This is the working world of Leftist fantasy, where men are optional and women do all the physically demanding work with aplomb. “Linda is a working mother in Peoria, Illinois,” we’re told. “She works at a local manufacturing facility as a production worker and earns $40,000 per year. She is pregnant with her son, Leo.”
Screenshot from “The Build Back Better Framework: President Biden’s Plan to Rebuild the Middle Class,” whitehouse.gov
There is nary a word about Linda’s husband or lack thereof, or of Leo’s father. This is noteworthy on a number of levels, not least the fact that the United States government is here presenting as exemplary a single mother and broken family. Innumerable single mothers are indeed heroic and courageous and have lived lives of selflessness and sacrifice, but the question must be asked here: what is Biden’s handlers’ agenda in choosing to feature a single, and pregnant, woman rather than an intact family struggling to make ends meet? Is the Biden administration trying to promote the idea that women don’t need husbands (and men don’t need wives) and children don’t need fathers? Of course they are — because Biden’s handlers have someone else in mind to perform the traditional husband/father role of provider: the federal government.
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