unless the "it takes a village to raise children" confused you. Clinton calls for "a consensus of values and a common vision of what we can do today, individually and collectively, to build strong families and communities.". so basically, we need strong communities to help our children grow up. yeah, thats really about letting the government raise our kids.

she has said that "THERE WILL BE TIMES when the village itself [read: the federal government] must act in place of parents" and accept "those responsibilities in all our names through the authority we vest in government.". lets face it; some parents are terrible authority figures. so yeah, sometimes the government has to step in to the betterment of the kids. thats a far cry from your claim that "Her book 'it takes a village...' basically says that we are incapable of raising our own children so the government should." but then again, you didnt really read the book, did you?

"No government can love a child, and no policy can substitute for a family�s care. But at the same time, government can either support or undermine families as they cope with moral, social and economic stresses of caring for children."-New York Magazine.com Apr 3, 2000