Comments for Politics Uncuffed by Julie Erfle

Comment on Killing solar, all in the name of principle by Julie Erfle

Julie Erfle — Sat, 11 May 2013 17:44:38 +0000

No, I do not.

Comment on Killing solar, all in the name of principle by Mike Slater

Mike Slater — Sat, 11 May 2013 02:20:26 +0000

Julie, do you have solar panels on your home?

Comment on Does “pro-life” extend beyond the womb? by Julie Erfle

Julie Erfle — Wed, 08 May 2013 19:59:07 +0000

I don’t think more money solves the problem, but I do believe we have a responsibility, as a society, to care for those (especially kids) in danger. I posed several questions along these lines to you… you have not answered any of them. Can I assume you disagree? Assume you think these kids are “someone else’s” responsibility?

Comment on Does “pro-life” extend beyond the womb? by Mike Slater

Mike Slater — Thu, 02 May 2013 22:06:23 +0000

Michele, my wife was on birth control which we paid for. When we married it was the second marriage for both of us. She had two girls from her first marriage and I had a girl that lived with her mom.

We were both 29 when we married and decided to have one child of our own. We planned it out and had boy.

Julie, you have the typical liberal mindset that more money to government will solve every problem.

Comment on Does “pro-life” extend beyond the womb? by Julie Erfle

Julie Erfle — Wed, 01 May 2013 18:53:48 +0000

Do you also believe you (or the state) has no obligation to care for a child who is danger for his/her life? Do you believe you have no responsibility to care for a child if he/she is taken away from a parent? Whose responsibility is it? What do you think should happen to this child? Live on the streets? Die?

Those are the questions our lawmakers are avoiding with the phrase you used, “personal responsibility.” Who becomes responsible when it’s a child’s life? And if our lawmakers refuse to adequately care for these children by allocating the necessary funds to keep them safe, whose responsibility is it when he/she dies?

Comment on Does “pro-life” extend beyond the womb? by michele

michele — Wed, 01 May 2013 02:55:53 +0000

Hi Julie,

I commend your insight. Mike Slater commented, “when my wife and I decide to have a family…” I’d like to know what options they chose to prevent pregnancy before they decided. Did they abstain from sex? Did they rely on their medical plan to reduce the cost of birth control? Did he worry when his wife was late, before they decided to have a family? There are so many factors under the best of circumstances, ones some people do not even consider. For instance multiple miscarriage that take a toll on a woman’s psyche, physical,and emotional healing between pregnancies, and your doctor telling you to wait months before trying to conceive again. Life is complicated under the best of times, believe me I know. The adage, walk a mile in my shoes, goes a long way.

Comment on Does “pro-life” extend beyond the womb? by Mike Slater

Mike Slater — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:58:20 +0000

Julie, outside of being raped a woman can decide to become pregnant or not. Do I have a responsibility when a woman has a child and can’t pay for it? the answer is no.

Comment on Does “pro-life” extend beyond the womb? by Julie Erfle

Julie Erfle — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:31:25 +0000

Your comment makes the point I was talking about… a woman is damned if she does, damned if she doesn’t. And the men? Not so much.

And you have absolutely no consideration of the child, just your own personal pocketbook. No consideration of the words “common good,” and zero understanding of what it means when things happen beyond your control.

Your argument assumes all of life can/will be great if you just plan correctly. And clearly, yours has worked out that way. But for many millions more, life has taken unexpected turns that were beyond their control and led to situations in which a hand up was needed. Standing in judgement of these individuals who you do not know and have no understanding of why or how they came to be in need is hypocritical at best.

Comment on Does “pro-life” extend beyond the womb? by JC Higgins

JC Higgins — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:18:24 +0000

Word around the Capitol now is that the Gov is working on abortion language for her Medicaid expansion.
She has given in to the tin foil hat wearing busybodies.

Comment on Does “pro-life” extend beyond the womb? by Mike Slater

Mike Slater — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:41:51 +0000

Julie, have you ever heard of personal responsibility and self reliance? When my wife and I decided to have children we looked at the cost of raising them and our finances to be able to support them. We never at any time thought that the government (i.e. taxpayers) should have to pay for them.

Last year the State of Arizona paid for 53% of all births. Do you think that’s right for the taxpayers to foot those costs?

As a taxpayer I resent paying for women’s birth control or abortions. Let them pay for it and if they can’t afford it then don’t get pregnant.