Goodbye Nanny State! Hello Overbearing Mother Society (it's beginning to look a lot like China!)

The state and its associates are taking greater control of the everyday lives of its citizens. We should be more concerned about this. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/11/goodbye-nanny-state-hello-overbearing.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://www.independent.ie/opinion/letters/time-to-means-test-child-benefit/26688058.html (my letter) https://www.independent.ie/opinion/letters/families-already-being-put-to-the-test/26689397.html (Mr Muldowney's reply to my letter) https://youtu.be/hRKOBtmn_x0 https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social-welfare/social-welfare-payments/families-and-children/child-benefit/ https://youtu.be/PxtloOywMJs https://youtu.be/y2W2i_iLdLw https://youtu.be/TWspGqN8Gnc https://youtu.be/8DwrBRXecvs https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/10/letter-to-editor-china-in-our-hands.html https://theupheaval.substack.com/p/the-china-convergence #NannyState #WelfareState #OverbearingMotherState #benefits #handouts #Ireland #China