The Cloward and Piven strategy

Over the last year or so, we have heard rumors of Cloward and Piven, Francis Fox Piven, and the Cloward and Piven Strategy. Before a year ago, I had never heard of Cloward and Piven, and had no idea what it was even related to. So, here is a quick bit of information on what the Cloward and Piven strategy is. Basically, the idea comes from Frances Fox Piven, and her husband Richard Cloward.

The recent reference to Cloward and Piven is based on the article they wrote back in 1966, regarding forced welfare and government control. The idea was to force the federal government to help the poor. They encouraged enrollment of everyone possible and put them on welfare. This would” produce bureaucratic disruption in welfare agencies and fiscal disruption in local and state government.” Basically this was an economic revolution and anarchy.

The welfare agencies would be overwhelmed, the working and middle class would unite with the working class and the poor, and to stop this growing economic and social problem, the government would be forced to swoop in and create a federal solution to poverty and “override the local welfare failures”. The ultimate objective was to wipe out poverty, by creating a guaranteed income for everyone, redistributing it from the rich to the poor.

This strategy is being used, as example of the growing conflict of the rich vs. the poor. The Democrat idea of ostracizing and slandering the rich, taxing them to extinction and using this money to further increase social entitlements is fairly evident. Will this strategy bring about the ultimate collapse and replacement of the current system, who knows? The goal is though, to encourage government dependency, apply for benefits, and overload the “already overburdened bureaucracy”. Increasing the racial and economic differences in an already hurting economy can have dire consequences.

Watch the news and see what is being said about the rich. Look at the racial divide. Look at the amount of people on welfare, unemployment, food stamps, etc. Our government is already overburdened. The government we will beg for to fix our problems will be ready to extend its hand to a restless and unhappy society.