Thank you, Jeff. You are correct.
Broketrash, I wasn't sure whether you were joking. But as Jeff points out, my sentence should be read (and I guess should have been written) as, "Head Start does just about exactly what you (Kaiser) pretend that conservatives do ..."
Sure, I would like to believe that conservatives are just pretending to believe all those ridiculous things and actually have a secret agenda -- like those they often accusing Democrats of having! -- in which they favor more sensible positions. Sadly, I must accept that this is not the case.
For example, here's one of those things I am amazed that anyone would actually believe:
This time, you DEFINITELY must be joking! Exactly what left-wing orders do you see people in the underclass as obediently following?
direct orders from the high command of the left thru the fillings in their teeth, no that isn't what I meant! My comment had some basis in my genuine opinions as to the motivations of the left, and some part of it is simply hyperbolic to tickle Kaiser's funny bone, and some part was just to see what type of reaction the comment would produce, and from whom.
The motivations of control over others is certainly
not limited to the left who continue to advocate a top heavy federally funded bureaucracy in underclass remediation, this is part of the motivations of some of the Bible thumpers in the advocacy of their "stated" agenda My own opinion on this matter is that an advocacy of those who are professional and educated enough to actually understand the effect these welfare programs have on the underclass
are politically motivated, therefore a hedge on power and control. People who are dependent on programs for their very life, shelter, medical care, clothing, etc, are extremely unlikely to VOTE for or support anyone who wishes to make any type of radical change to those programs. They will vote for those who offer to protect their programs, and the same can be said of the bureaucrats who administer the programs. The long term consequence of the "War on Poverty" has been to create a political class who vote nearly lock step for Democrats. Democrats and other leftists are shrewd, they will continue to advocate these programs unencumbered, it is their political bread and butter.
And, yes I am sure that there are many in the rank and file of the left who are not dependent on the programs in any fashion but who genuinely see conservatives as
mean, heartless, and cruel in their advocacy of radical changes in the welfare programs.