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DHS Proves More Cuts are Possible

By Rougman, Section News
Posted on Mon Sep 28, 2009 at 02:54:42 PM EST
Tags: DHS, Michigan budget (all tags)

It is hard to imagine that there isn't a bit more money that can be cut from Michigan's DHS budget when it feels it still has enough resources to chase down and prosecute parents who might happen to watch over a neighbor's child or two before the bus arrives.

What we have here is not a government of the people. This is a government that operates on a plane above the people that seeks to herd and manipulate the population through intimidation. Why? Because it is their duty!

MIDDLEVILLE, Mich. (WZZM) - A West Michigan woman says the state is threatening her with fines and possibly jail time for babysitting her neighbors' children.
Lisa Snyder of Middleville says her neighborhood school bus stop is right in front of her home. It arrives after her neighbors need to be at work, so she watches three of their children for 15-40 minutes until the bus comes.
The Department of Human Services received a complaint that Snyder was operating an illegal child care home. DHS contacted Snyder and told her to get licensed, stop watching her neighbors' kids, or face the consequences.

If the DHS has enough resources to pay attention to this sort of thing they have too many resources.

In all honesty, I do not know of one single contemporary of mine who was either raised or raised children of his/her own in a fashion that would not run afoul of today's do-all-end-all-solve-all-fix-all government.

Birthday parties? Against the law! Baby sitting? Against the law! Kids in the yard playing baseball? Against the law! I'm sorry, but it is time for these jerks to get a grip and come to terms with their own diminishing importance.

Governer Granholm, I just found another $50 million in cuts!

h/t Protein Wisdom

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They don't know the difference (none / 0) (#2)
by maidintheus on Mon Sep 28, 2009 at 03:11:28 PM EST

between real and imagined problems, as has often been seen in their interview methods with children, and micro managing families. Recently exampled in children being removed from their home due some normal bath time photos. Won't have to look under the bed, we have allowed our gov't to grow into an abusive monster.

"I just found another $50 million in cuts!" Excellent article and recommendation!

By its very existence... (none / 0) (#3)
by sailingconservatively on Mon Sep 28, 2009 at 04:09:57 PM EST

...the DHS proves that the state has crossed many lines which were once sacrosanct. Are there cases of legitimate abuse both adult and child? Certainly, no one will contest this however, the abuses from this agency(which are manifold) are far more egregious.

This agency has, since its inception and continues to, by its ongoing(increases in) funding, systematically dismantle the family.

When this is completed, all we will need is our benevolent government to watch over our lives.

Who are these folks anyway? (none / 0) (#4)
by BruceB on Mon Sep 28, 2009 at 05:19:25 PM EST

I can't ask my neighbors, folks I have known for 20 years, to watch the kids for a while so that I can make it to work on time?
Can I hire a babysitter without the DHS getting involved? Or does my babysitter have to get a license form the state?
Where did our country go?

Our Country... by sailingconservatively, 09/29/2009 10:02:39 AM EST (none / 0)

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