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            But you can’t put a new face on socialism, not matter what you call it.
               Like FDR’s New Deal, the Green New Deal expands government power while forcing taxpayers to foot the bill. Except this time around, the plan will cost trillions of dollars, gut our economy, leave millions without jobs, destroy our energy independence, and fund social justice programs. Other than that, what’s not to like?
               A little climate change doesn’t seem so bad compared to this spending splurge. But make no mistake: This is a disastrous plan, and we’d better start taking it seriously. As with any Democrat scheme, the devil’s in the details.
               The Green New Deal would have serious implications for American energy production. Advocates claim that the U.S. would be required to eliminate nuclear power and natural gas. How important is that? As National Review’s Jim Geraghty notes, “Natural gas currently provides about 32 percent of America’s energy, and nuclear power produces another 10 percent.” Additionally, he says, “The ‘Green New Deal’ would also eliminate coal, which provides almost 18 percent of America’s energy, and liquid natural gas and oil, which generates another 28 percent.” Geraghty warns that all of this would require the U.S. to “replace about 88 percent of its current energy sources” in 11 years and would result in the loss of nearly six million energy jobs.
               Still not convinced that the Green New Deal is bad for America?
               Its proponents also want to reduce our military by half. This would affect our commitments around the world and would likely result in greater global conflict in a matter of a few years, not to mention putting more than a million military personnel out of work.
               According to Reason’s Ronald Bailey, the deal also proposes, “All fossil fuel emissions should be ended by 2050. All new passenger automobiles for sale in 2030 should be zero emissions vehicles; all rail, vehicles, and aviation should be totally fossil-fuel free by 2050. Other parts of the Green New Deal include reforesting 40 million acres of public and private land by 2035, greatly expanding mass transit systems, upgrading local water supply and management infrastructure, expanding federal regulation of the waters of the U.S., and requiring that all materials be recyclable by 2040.”
               Our nation is already more than $20 trillion in debt, and we’d easily double that number by implementing the Green New Deal. Asked how she’d pay for it, commie-Ocasio-Cortez recently suggested — what else — raising the marginal income tax rate to 70% for the wealthy. But that in itself wouldn’t even make a dent in the costs.
               Notice that there’s actually very little in the way of environmental conservation in this deal. It’s really all about realizing Barack scumbag/liar-nObama’s promise of “fundamentally transforming the United States of America.” But who’d want to live in an ecofascist nation where economic slavery empowers a totalitarian elite determined to enact socialism under the guise of environmental protection?
               Investor’s Business Daily reminds us that the real problem isn’t climate change but “having enough people working and paying taxes to support all the retirees around the world and pay off hundreds of trillions of dollars of global debt. What is a problem is the nonstop fear-mongering, demands for more taxes, and dangerous socialist experiments in expanding government control of the economy, all in the name of warding off the threat of global warming.”
               All the details of the Green New Deal speak for themselves. commie-Ocasio-Cortez’s dream of using renewable energy “as the vehicle to truly deliver and establish economic, social, and racial justice in the United States of America” is a pipe dream we cannot afford to pursue.  ~The Patriot Post

             Pushed increasingly leftward by a cadre of new members who demand it, the Democrat Party’s animus toward organized religion is becoming impossible to hide. In one of the more ugly displays of that animus, Senators lowlife-Kamala Harris (D-CA) and scumbag-Mazie Hirono (D-HI) attempted to impose their own religious test on Brian Buescher, an Omaha, Nebraska, lawyer nominated by President Donald Trump to sit on the U.S. District Court in that state. Both women asserted that Buescher belonged to an organization that promoted “extremist” views.
               The organization? The Knights of Columbus (KOC). Since its founding in 1882, the Knights of Columbus has become the world’s largest Catholic fraternal organization. In the last 10 years, its two million members have raised more than $1 billion and provided hundreds of millions of man-hours to charitable causes. Its charities include the Christian Refugee Relief Fund, Disaster Relief, Ultrasound Initiative, and Coats for Kids. KOC also partners with international charities that include the Special Olympics, the Global Wheelchair Mission, and Habitat for Humanity.
               Nonetheless, lowlife-Harris and scumbag-Hirono were incensed that a Catholic organization opposes the Left’s foremost religious “sacrament,” abortion on demand. It also opposes same-sex marriage and expressed that opposition in 2008 by supporting California’s Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage. Proposition 8 passed by a margin of 52.3% to 47.7% in the same year Barack scumbag/liar-nObama was elected president. The same Barack scumbag/liar-nObama who also opposed same-sex marriage until he, along with  scumbag/liar-Bill and scumbag/liar-Hillary Clinton, “evolved.”
               Evolution happens quite often among members of a Democrat Part with no core values other than the acquisition and maintenance of power. And once Democrats evolve, those who fail to immediately follow suit become bigots, homophobes, etc. (For those keeping track, the exact same dynamic is playing itself out with the wall. Democrats who once favored a barrier between America and Mexico now deem it “immoral” and those who favor it are racists.)
               Thus as far as lowlife-Harris and scumbag-Hirono are concerned, the Knights of Columbus is composed of anti-women homophobes whose members have no place in positions of power. Thus, scumbag-Hirono inquired if Buescher would end his membership with the Knights to “avoid any appearance of bias” and “recuse from all cases in which the Knights of Columbus had taken a position.”
               Buescher swatted scumbag-Hirono down. “If confirmed, I will abide by the Code of Conduct of United States Judges and will not affiliate with any organization in violation of the Code,” he wrote, adding that the KOC “does not have the authority to take personal political positions on behalf of all of its approximately two million members.”
               lowlife-Harris was equally obnoxious, labeling the Knights an “all-male society” that “opposed a woman’s right to choose” and “marriage equality.” She asked Buescher if he knew “the Knights of Columbus opposed marriage equality when [he] joined the organization.”
               Again, Buescher responded in stride. “I do not recall if I was aware whether the Knights of Columbus had taken a position … when I joined at the age of 18,” he wrote. lowlife-Harris also cited a statement from Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson, who said that abortion constituted “the killing of the innocent on a massive scale” and asked Buescher if he agreed. “I did not draft this language,” he answered. “If confirmed, I would be bound by precedent of the United States Supreme Court and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals and would not be guided by statements made by others.”
               When Buescher ran as a Republican candidate for Nebraska attorney general in 2014, he described himself as “avidly pro-life.” This was too much for Sen. Cory “Spartacus” Booker (D-NJ), who asked Buescher, “Why should a litigant in your courtroom expect to get a fair hearing from an impartial judge in a case involving abortion rights?” Buescher rightly noted that there’s a difference “between taking political positions as a candidate for elective office and serving as a federal judge.” He added, “I believe a judge’s role and obligation is to apply the law without regard to any personal beliefs regarding the law.”
               Buescher also fielded other written questions regarding the Trump administration’s Title IX policies regarding abortion-clinic funding and anti-discrimination laws as they pertain to gender “identity” and sexual orientation. Again, Buescher explained that his personal opinions will not prevent him from making fear and impartial rulings based on law and precedent.
               The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board, which noted Democrat icon John F. Kennedy was also a KOC member,  spelled out what today’s “new” Democrats are all about, writing, “If Mr. Buescher is unfit to serve as a federal judge because of his Knights membership, then so is every other Catholic American who doesn’t publicly repudiate the church’s moral teaching.”
               Would that it were only the teachings of the Catholic Church. Anti-Semitic bigotry is an integral part of the party’s fabric as well. One of its newest members is Rashida Tlaib (D-MI). Fresh off her vow to “impeach the motherf —ke r” in reference to President Trump, she has accused her fellow lawmakers who support a bill that would permit local, state, and federal agencies to refrain from doing business with entities that support the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement as having “dual loyalty.” “They forgot what country they represent,” she tweeted.
               Democrats have apparently forgotten the same thing. “As a leader of black Christians, I feel particularly strongly about the Knights of Columbus,” writes Eugene F. Rivers III, a Pentecostal minister and director of the Seymour Institute for Black Church and Policy Studies. “For more than a century they bravely defended minorities. … They stood against the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s, the height of its power, helping fund the Supreme Court case that defeated the Klan-backed ban on Catholic education in Oregon.”
               That would be the same Ku Klu Klan institutionalized by the same Democrats who opposed the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution, banning slavery, guaranteeing due process and equal protection to former slaves, and granting black Americans the right to vote, respectively. The same Democrats who repeatedly elected former Klansman Robert Byrd — who led a filibuster against the 1964 Civil Rights Act — to the Senate.
               “Sens. lowlife-Harris and scumbag-Hirono are playing a game: They are engaged in selective religious profiling and sexism,” asserts Catholic League President Bill Donohue.
               It’s no game. An increasingly radical Democrat Party has made it clear that those who fail to adopt their bankrupt ideology — in its entirety and without reservation — will be targeted for destruction, by any and all means necessary.

Addendum: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard wrote an op-ed effectively rebuking fellow Aloha State Democrat scumbag-Mazie Hirono: “For too long in our country, politicians have weaponized religion for their own selfish gain, fomenting bigotry, fears and suspicions based on the faith, religion or spiritual practices of their political opponents.”
              scumbag-Hirono wasn’t buying it. She responded, “It is unfortunate that Congresswoman Gabbard based her misguided opinion on the far right-wing manipulation of these straightforward questions.”  ~The Patriot Post

             Notwithstanding the fact Sweden isn’t actually socialist, socialism or quasi-socialism has been implemented around the globe with detrimental effects. That includes in South Korea, which The New York Times profiled this week with surprising candidness. The Times says that President Moon Jae-in has instituted policies antithetical to Donald Trump’s. “South Korea has raised taxes and the minimum wage in the name of economic growth,” the Times explains. “So far, it hasn’t worked out as planned.”
               The Times continues: “Growth has slowed, unemployment has risen and small-business owners like Moon Seung are complaining. Mr. Moon, founder of an auto parts maker called Dasung in Incheon, an industrial town near Seoul, says his labor costs were up an extra 3 percent last year after the minimum wage rose to 7,530 Korean won, or about $6.70, an hour. That may not sound like much, but it ate into his razor-thin profit margin and prompted him to stop hiring.”
               The unemployment rate in South Korea reached as much as 4.2% in August, which is still very low but higher than at any point in the last eight years. That uptick also coincided with a minimum-wage hike, and additional hikes are in the pipeline. Moreover, third-quarter GDP registered at 2%, or .8% less than second-quarter GDP. The Times adds, “In a 2017 survey of its members by a small-business organization known as Kbiz, 42 percent said they would be forced to shed employees because of the minimum wage increase.”
               Even the senior secretary for economic affairs has admitted, “Our quality of life has been somewhat deteriorated, and income disparity has been widening. This is not the road we should continue to follow.” Yet he paradoxically added, “The path my president has suggested might be somewhat new and unfamiliar. But this is the sustainable way of running the economy.” Many South Koreans probably disagree, especially considering the president’s 84% approval rating has dropped precipitously to just 45%.
               The Times isn’t completely forthright, though. It also claims, “The discouraging early results don’t mean that Mr. Moon is wrong and Mr. Trump is right.” Furthermore, “Conservative analysts would point to Mr. Moon’s struggles as evidence against a more state-led approach to the economy. But some economists argue that it is too soon to judge Mr. Moon’s program.”
               On the contrary, there is plenty of evidence — past and present — to suggest that deregulation and low taxes form the backbone of a healthy economy. How else do you explain the superlative economy under Trump? To borrow from the Times’s logic, does near-full employment, mass deregulation, and strong GDP in the U.S. mean that Trump’s policies aren’t working? The absurdity of such a question speaks for itself. Recent volatility in the stock market has more to do with uncertainty over Democrat lawmakers’ incoming legislative onslaught that could derail economic progress.
               People like commie-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and commie-Bernie Sanders wrongly think that the vast amount of wealth in the U.S. proves that socialism can be instilled here. But what they conveniently ignore is that our world-leading wealth is a product of capitalism. If you take that away, wealth will evaporate. And we’ll follow in the footsteps of South Korea — and eventually worse.  ~The Patriot Post

             But any visit from Kim to his patron state of China makes news and raises discussionabout the relationship between China and the United States. In this case, Kim used the Chinese visit to push for another summit with President Donald Trump, hoping that a second round of talks would produce “results that will be welcomed by the international community,” as Chinese state media reported after the meeting between Kim and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
               Those in the know, though, realize that one giant reason China has “tolerated” its pesky little nuclear-armed neighbor is the chaos North Korea’s nuclear ambitions created across the Pacific Ocean and the leverage that brought in China’s ambitious struggle to supplant the U.S. as the world’s superpower. Unfortunately for Beijing, Trump isn’t afraid to play hardball, so Kim’s visit to China was also meant to get China on board with North Korea’s bid for relief from the “maximum pressure” approach of economic sanctions put in place to keep Kim’s nuclear ambitions in check.
               Getting China to buy in to a softening of sanctions would leave the U.S. as the lone hawk in the game, as South Korean President Moon Jae-in told reporters he would work with the international community for a partial easing of sanctions between North and South. Moon acknowledged, however, that the U.S. would still be a valuable ally in keeping “stability and peace” both for the Korean peninsula in particular and the northeastern region of Asia in general.
               As the North Korean leader left Xi and climbed aboard his specially built train to return to Pyongyang, we can be sure that China’s leadership had its own message for Kim to pass along to Trump if a second summit, possibly conducted in Vietnam, indeed comes to pass. With a 90-day truce on tariffs reaching its halfway point this week, negotiations aimed at giving the U.S. “more balanced and reciprocal” trade have slowed to a snail’s pace, worrying the markets but — more important for the Chinese — putting pressure on their export-based economy. While nearly 90% of North Korea’s trade is with the Chinese, its paltry economy and population can’t compare to the prosperous American market and can’t begin to keep China’s factories humming.
               No one knows how long Kim will refrain from testing his missile program absent a summit with President Trump. Perhaps he’s biding his time knowing Trump faces reelection next year. But it would surprise no one if that testing hiatus ends about the time additional tariffs are put in place on Chinese imports. There’s more than one way for China to assert its strength, and if landing a spacecraft on the far side of the moonweren’t enough, what better than to have a client state threaten your enemy?
               Moreover, China needs to keep North Korea on a short leash. Andy Puzder — a onetime Trump choice for secretary of labor — stated his case in The Wall Street Journal, noting that the Chinese economy is teetering on the brink of recession because of Trump’s hardline approach to trade. “Mr. Xi’s speech was intended to reinforce the myth of an invincible Chinese dragon capable of bullying America into submission with its economic clout. The bluster is a sign of economic weakness,” wrote Puzder, adding, “President Trump’s trade strategy has exposed China’s vulnerability, demonstrating the risks of going toe-to-toe with a determined opponent that happens to be your largest customer.”
               Regardless of how this meeting of two adversaries of Liberty went, America’s leadership is resolute and its economy is growing. As always, a stronger America is bad news for communists and dictators everywhere.  ~The Patriot Post

             Another positive development to note is the impact the GOP tax cuts have had on American drug companies. The Wall Street Journal writes, “Recall how U.S. drug makers a few years ago sought to exploit lower rates abroad with corporate inversions. The GOP corporate tax reform, which cut the U.S. rate to 21% from 35% and allowed businesses to repatriate overseas profits tax-free, has given U.S. drug makers more cash to invest. Now they’re acquiring companies to advance innovation rather than engage in tax arbitrage as they did pre-reform.” Allowing drug companies to keep more of their earnings has freed them to invest more capital into drug research and development within the U.S., which in turn is creating better and broader cancer-treatment options for all Americans. Despite the documented flaws of pharmaceutical companies, this is prime example of how capitalism trumps socialism in meeting the needs of a nation across a vast spectrum of individuals.
               America’s health care system certainly has its problems, but it’s still the best in the world.
               Meanwhile, House Democrats are continuing in their march for a government takeover of the American health care industry. As Investor’s Business Daily reports, “Last week, House Speaker Nancy Pulosi agreed on hearings for ‘Medicare for all,’ which would effectively outlaw all private insurance in favor of a single, government-run plan.” IBD further notes, “The cost to taxpayers for all this ‘free’ health care? More than $32 trillion in the first decade — which is a lowball estimate. … There is no country on earth that has gone this far. Even so-called socialist countries typically rely to some extent on private insurance and out-of-pocket spending to cover a share of the health costs.”
               So while there is good news for Americans on new drug developments and the decreasing number of deaths due to cancer, Democrats seem determined to disrupt this progress by insisting on a government-controlled single-payer socialist system that has proven to fail everywhere it has been implemented.  ~The Patriot Post

             As Mark Alexander says, “So let’s review what they consider a ‘manufactured crisis’: ICE officers made 266,000 arrests of aliens with criminal records, including those charged or convicted of 100,000 assaults, 30,000 sex crimes, and 4,000 violent killings. The need to secure the border and stop the criminal gangs, drug smugglers, and human traffickers is imperative. Thousands of Americans have been brutally killed by those who illegally entered our country, and thousands more lives will be lost. Last month, more than 20,000 migrant children were illegally brought into the United States, many being used as human pawns by vicious coyotes and ruthless gangs. One in three women are sexually assaulted on the dangerous trek up through Mexico. Women and children are the biggest victims of the lack of a secure border and broken immigration policies supported by Democrats. Illegal migration puts enormous strains on public resources and drives down jobs and wages, especially for black and Hispanic Americans. More Americans will die from drugs this year than were killed in the entire Vietnam War — many of those drugs are ‘imported’ from south of the border.”
               Don’t believe us? How about an authority on the actual situation on the ground at the border? Despite being fired one day after Trump took office, Barack scumbag/liar-nObama’s Border Patrol chief, Mark Morgan, confirmed that Trump is correct: “I was briefed every single day about the men and women who are risking their lives every day and they’re apprehending murderers, rapists, pedophiles, other violent offenders and gang members. That’s not manufactured; that is real … and it’s still happening today.” Moreover, Morgan continued, “127 Border Patrol agents have died. They didn’t die playing Monopoly. They died … being the front-line defenders of our borders. … I wonder if you asked their families if this is a manufactured crisis?”
               In another instance, Morgan argued, “The [wall] issue is political, so we have to be honest about that. The substantive issue is what is important. It doesn’t matter whether it’s called the Secure Fence, Secure Wall, or Secure Barrier Act. The reason it was approved on a bipartisan front is because it was needed. What changed is that at one point it was wanted and needed, and now, because we call it a wall, it’s ‘immoral.’ Really? That’s what we’re talking about now? The size and width of the barrier is the delineation of what is moral or not?”
               Finally, Morgan said, “I’m outraged that we haven’t fixed this problem. I’m outraged. Who can say that this is a manufactured crisis? Anyone? … I don’t care who it is — anyone that says this is a manufactured crisis — they are absolutely lying to the American people.”  ~The Patriot Post

             scumbag/clown-Schumer promptly accused him of a “temper tantrum,” with Pulosi chiming in that he’s a “petulant president.”
               On the contrary, Vice President Mike Pence argued, “He left the room today because Speaker Pulosi said that even if he gave her what she wanted, she would never agree to the border-security priorities that we have on the table.” Trump wants $5.7 billion. House Democrat legislation countered with $0.
               Trump also reiterated Wednesday, “I have the absolute right to [declare a] national emergency” to build more of the wall. “My threshold will be if I can’t make a deal with people that are unreasonable.” scumbag/clown-Chuck and Nancy, as he likes to call them, are the definition of unreasonable. Moreover, they are so intractably opposed to anything Trump wants these days that it has — surprise! — a few Republicans in Congress already caving.
               After the meeting, Pulosi made emotional appeals about the government workers either furloughed or working without pay. The president “thinks maybe they can just ask their father for more money,” she asserted. “But, they can’t.” It’s true that the situation isn’t easy for government workers and their families. But Trump has declared that all furloughed government workers will receive back pay.
               And Pulosi can spare us the crocodile tears and  scumbag/clown-Schumer  the feigned outrage. To Democrats, this isn’t about furloughed workers or fiscal management, and they certainly care little for the plight of Americans suffering the myriad consequences of illegal immigration. Democrats’ barrier to the wall is about votes and winning elections, plain and simple.  ~The Patriot Post

             As National Review’s Jim Geraghty reminds us, there are thousands upon thousands of important federal employees who are still putting in hours despite being furloughed. It’s they who are keeping broad disruption at bay. But that task becomes harder the longer the shutdown continues.
               Says Geraghty: “You’re seeing some conservatives argue that the American government is functioning fine during the shutdown, demonstrating that the ‘nonessential’ workers are genuinely unneeded and that this proves that there’s no real need to bring the shutdown to an end. This is a pretty poorly informed reaction. Some of the most important duties of the federal government are continuing to function because hundreds of thousands of federal employees are working without pay and hoping that they get paid for their labor once the shutdown ends.”
               Consider the number of furloughed or soon-to-be-furloughed workers from these various departments:

• U.S. Customs and Border Protection: 55,000

• U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: 16,000

• Citizenship and Immigration Services: 17,000

• Federal Emergency Management Agency: 15,000

• U.S. Coast Guard: 42,000

• Transportation and Security Administration: 55,000

• Department of Justice: 36,000

• Federal Bureau of Prisons: 35,000

• Drug Enforcement Agency: 7,600

• U.S. Marshals Service: 4,600

• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives: 4,200

There are other considerations as well. As Geraghty goes on to note, “Zookeepers are still taking care of the animals … without pay. About 95 percent of NASA’s employees aren’t going to work — just the folks who have to show up and keep NASA people and property safe. … Whether or not you like the Department of Housing and Urban Development, if we’re going to have public housing, we probably should have safety inspections. Those are suspended until further notice. Some contract workers in federal buildings such as custodians and security officers are effectively laid off until the government reopens.”
               “Just about any institution can temporarily get by with the minimal staff,” Geraghty adds, “but after a while the duties pile up and become unmanageable — whether it’s a waitress trying to serve too many tables, supermarkets with one cash register open, or public bathrooms with only one stall working.” In other words, shutdowns — and workers — are subjected to a compound effect.
               None of this should be confused with why we have a government shutdown, which is a completely separate issue. But we can both criticize Big Government while at the same time sympathize with diligent workers who are affected. Some lawmakers have suggested furloughing their own salaries during government shutdowns. That’s not a bad idea — they surely deserve the money less than these thousands of workers who make our way of living safe and secure.  ~The Patriot Post

             ABC News reports that the bill “would require background checks on the sale of any firearm and expand existing background checks to cover anyone attempting to buy firearms online, commercially or at gun shows, while providing exceptions for law enforcement and the transfer of guns between friends and family members.”
               The obviously problem here is that almost all legal gun purchases are already subject to background checks and the supposed gun-show loophole has been demonstrated to be largely a myth. Add to that the fact that the vast majority of criminals obtain their firearms illegally, and we’re left wondering how this new legislation would prevent any actual crimes. The fact is it doesn’t. On the contrary, it’s simply political theater.  ~The Patriot Post

             scumbag/liar-Hillary Clinton used misogyny as one of many excuses to explain how she blew an election she was given more than a 90% probability of winning by major pollsters (a logical assumption considering her massive advantages in fundraising, experience, media support, and political networks), only to be defeated by a reality-TV star/real-estate mogul with no political experience and a lot of baggage with women. Prognosticators failed to grasp that, to many Americans, scumbag/liar-Hillary is an untrustworthy and a deeply unlikeable human being.
               Sen. Elizabeth dinky-Warren’s recent announcement of her 2020 presidential candidacy was met with a resounding yawn and questions about her likability, which some insist is sexist because male politicians supposedly are not subjected to the same question (a claim eviscerated by The Wall Street Journal’s James Taranto). Yet there are many women in politics whose likability is not questioned, so it seems the question only comes up with women (and men) who aren’t generally liked.
               Which brings us to a question: Are women in America truly oppressed? The data doesn’t reflect such a claim.
               In the latest labor report, which showed an increase on 312,000 new jobs, it is women who are the primary beneficiaries. The workforce participation rate for women aged 25-34 is at a multi-year high, with the number of women 20+ years old who have jobs increasing by 1.6 million in the last year alone — out of 2.6 million total jobs gained. The rising number of employed women no doubt accounts for the fact that nearly twice as many single women as single men own a home.
               Women also earned more doctoral degrees than men in 2017, for the ninth straight year, and there are nearly 40% more women than men in grad school. Furthermore, in major metropolitan areas, single women without children are out-earning their male counterparts by nearly 10%.
               In fact, the so-called pay gap between men and women is almost entirely due to career choices (men tend to gravitate toward hard sciences and dangerous work, whereas women tend toward less dangerous, less lucrative fields like education, social work, arts, etc.) and number of hours worked.
               Not only are women in America not oppressed, but the surprising (at least to those buying the PC narrative) findings of another recent study show men now face greater discrimination than women. The study — which considered such factors as “men receiving harsher punishments for the same crime, compulsory military service and more occupational deaths than women” — found that in many Western nations (where feminists claim to be most oppressed), including the United States, policies and cultural norms now actually favor women.
               Interestingly, the Census Bureau recently published an analysis on the social impact of the relative prosperity of men and women, and how it is reflected in our cultural norms. In married households where the woman earned more than her husband, the woman underrepresented her earnings by an average of 1.5%, and men overrepresented their earnings by 2.9%. The census researchers concluded, “It was more socially desirable for men to earn more — so whether fudging the numbers was a conscious or unconscious choice, these social norms affected their answers.”   And while it would be easy to claim this as yet another example of the oppressive heteronormative patriarchy pushing its agenda, the truth isn’t quite so simplistic.
               Though feminists claim to want equality between the sexes, when asked if being able to support a family financially was necessary to consider a man a good husband, 71% of women said yes, while only 32% of those same women said a woman being able to support a family financially was necessary to be considered a good wife. Women are also less likely to marry, and more likely to divorce, a man who is unemployed or underemployed.
               All of this just shows that the relationships between men and women are very complicated, with countless variables — some biologically hard-wired, some cultural — and for both to prosper and be happy, we should acknowledge and even celebrate our complementary differences, rather than treat each other as enemies.  ~The Patriot Post