Murray Rothbard Quotes Hillary!
by Vince?Daliessio
(PHOTOS: Rothbard and Rodham?in an earlier era - Ah, to be young, principled, idealistic, and in love?)
I shit you not, Murray Rothbard, Mr. Libertarian, the great and tireless champion of individual liberty, in a chapter on the rights of children in?The Ethics Of Liberty, favorably cites a remarkable legal opinion by the then Hillary Rodham;
"How should a 'right to be wanted' be defined and enforced? ?…The necessarily broad and vague enforcement guidelines could recreate the hazard of current laws, again requiring the State to make broad discretionary judgments about the quality of a child's life." Hillary Rodham, "Children Under the Law," Harvard Educational Review (1973): 496.
An insightful statement, seemingly coming from a general supposition that then-current family law placed an undue burden on?individuals (parents, in this case)?which needed to be legally lifted. Of course, Ms. Rodham has rather abruptly changed her view of the relationship of positive law to the welfare of children;
WASHINGTON??? Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton is proposing a $10 billion federal program aimed at providing voluntary pre-kindergarten for all 4-year-old children in America.
"I want every 4-year-old regardless of parental income to have access to high quality pre-K because it not only enhances their academic preparation, they stay in school longer, they have fewer behavioral problems," the New York senator and former first lady said.
Clinton said she would pay for the program by closing tax loopholes and eliminating Bush administration programs she disagrees with.
Amazing how over 30-odd years or so, a person's principles can be so mutable...and in the wrong direction!