VOTE NO to Clinton in 2008!!!
Why You Must VOTE NO to Hillary Clinton's Run for President in 2008!!!
In 1997, then President Bill Clinton signed the American Safe Families Act (ASFA) (Public Law 105-89); In fact, it has been stated that Bill Clinton is the "Most pro-adoption President in history." Thanks to this Act and the efforts by the Clintons, many children and their parents have been torn to shreds. It is for this reason that I ask you to read the messages below, research the statistics, and VOTE NO to Hillary Clinton's run for President in 2008. It is time to VOTE NO to ALL candidates, current and future, who support the destruction of the traditional family unit.
(1) The Adoption and Safe Families Act, which was based in large part on the recommendations of the Administration’s Adoption 2002 report, made sweeping changes in adoption law so that thousands of children in foster care move more quickly into safe and permanent homes. President Clinton enacted a $5,000 tax credit to families adopting children, and a $6,000 tax credit for families adopting children with special needs. In the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, the President provided more support for families who adopt children with a $500 per-child tax credit. Under the Family and Medical Leave Act, parents can take time with a newly adopted child without losing their jobs or health insurance. Al Hunt of The Wall Street Journal called President Clinton the most pro-adoption President in history. In 2000, 51,000 foster care children were adopted – more than an 80 percent increase since 1996 and well on the way to meet the President’s goal of doubling the number of adoptions by 2002.
(2) I want to just take a step backward and tell you where this started. First and foremost, the First Lady has been committed to this issue for more than 25 years and has really been a leading force in the administration on adoption and child welfare and particularly on many of the provisions that are actually in this bill. A little less than a year ago, the President issued an executive memorandum directing Secretary Shalala to come back within 60 days with specific recommendations on strategies to move children from foster care to permanent homes and to double the number of children adopted or permanently placed by the year 2002. The report came back to the President on February 14 of this year and it outlined a very ambitious agenda with three key principles -- the first was that every child deserves a safe, permanent family; second, that children's health and safety should be the paramount concern; and third, that foster care is not -- is by definition a temporary situation, not a place for children to grow up.
(3) Part of what was in Adoption 2002, the President's report, which is now in this law, is to set a goal of doubling the number of children that are adopted by the Year 2002. Last year it was 27,000 children by 2002; it would be 54,000 children out of the foster care system. And one of the things that's part of that provision is a tracking system. And it's actually sort of interesting because it's the first time there's every been performance-based standards in the child welfare system.
The information above was taken directly from the Clinton Foundation at http://www.clintonfoundation.org/legacy/111997-press-briefing-on-adoption-and-safe-families-act.htm -- For your convenience, simply click on the title above.
If you believe that foster care should be reserved for children that are orphaned, or have TRULY been abandoned by their parents and ALL extended family members; If you believe that children in foster care should actually be victims of abuse and/or neglect, once proven by a judge and jury NOT a social worker with a God complex; If you believe in the Constitution and civil rights for all, no matter what their economic, social, or cultural group may be – Please sign the petitions referenced at www.squidoo.com/abolishcps/ (scroll down to Get Involved!!!). Thank you in advance for your participation!
In 1997, then President Bill Clinton signed the American Safe Families Act (ASFA) (Public Law 105-89); In fact, it has been stated that Bill Clinton is the "Most pro-adoption President in history." Thanks to this Act and the efforts by the Clintons, many children and their parents have been torn to shreds. It is for this reason that I ask you to read the messages below, research the statistics, and VOTE NO to Hillary Clinton's run for President in 2008. It is time to VOTE NO to ALL candidates, current and future, who support the destruction of the traditional family unit.
(1) The Adoption and Safe Families Act, which was based in large part on the recommendations of the Administration’s Adoption 2002 report, made sweeping changes in adoption law so that thousands of children in foster care move more quickly into safe and permanent homes. President Clinton enacted a $5,000 tax credit to families adopting children, and a $6,000 tax credit for families adopting children with special needs. In the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, the President provided more support for families who adopt children with a $500 per-child tax credit. Under the Family and Medical Leave Act, parents can take time with a newly adopted child without losing their jobs or health insurance. Al Hunt of The Wall Street Journal called President Clinton the most pro-adoption President in history. In 2000, 51,000 foster care children were adopted – more than an 80 percent increase since 1996 and well on the way to meet the President’s goal of doubling the number of adoptions by 2002.
(2) I want to just take a step backward and tell you where this started. First and foremost, the First Lady has been committed to this issue for more than 25 years and has really been a leading force in the administration on adoption and child welfare and particularly on many of the provisions that are actually in this bill. A little less than a year ago, the President issued an executive memorandum directing Secretary Shalala to come back within 60 days with specific recommendations on strategies to move children from foster care to permanent homes and to double the number of children adopted or permanently placed by the year 2002. The report came back to the President on February 14 of this year and it outlined a very ambitious agenda with three key principles -- the first was that every child deserves a safe, permanent family; second, that children's health and safety should be the paramount concern; and third, that foster care is not -- is by definition a temporary situation, not a place for children to grow up.
(3) Part of what was in Adoption 2002, the President's report, which is now in this law, is to set a goal of doubling the number of children that are adopted by the Year 2002. Last year it was 27,000 children by 2002; it would be 54,000 children out of the foster care system. And one of the things that's part of that provision is a tracking system. And it's actually sort of interesting because it's the first time there's every been performance-based standards in the child welfare system.
The information above was taken directly from the Clinton Foundation at http://www.clintonfoundation.org/legacy/111997-press-briefing-on-adoption-and-safe-families-act.htm -- For your convenience, simply click on the title above.
If you believe that foster care should be reserved for children that are orphaned, or have TRULY been abandoned by their parents and ALL extended family members; If you believe that children in foster care should actually be victims of abuse and/or neglect, once proven by a judge and jury NOT a social worker with a God complex; If you believe in the Constitution and civil rights for all, no matter what their economic, social, or cultural group may be – Please sign the petitions referenced at www.squidoo.com/abolishcps/ (scroll down to Get Involved!!!). Thank you in advance for your participation!
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