I discussed the SCHIPs program here yesterday. Here is the American News article (of the AP) on the House passage of the bill increasing spending on the program by 300%.
Bob Schwartz blogged in favor of that expansion and helpfully directs us to this site which counters some of the claims I made yesterday. Granted, the Center for American Progress, to which Bob directs us, is a left-wing think tank, but left-wing in the same way the sources I used are right-wing . So we have dueling numbers.
Bob entitles his piece "Playing Politics With Children's Health," which is in line with the Democratic Mouth Piece who questions whether you can be for family values and oppose a 300% increase in a particular program.
I reminded of a guy I once knew who used to say, "Whenever they say 'It's for the children,' hang on to your wallet." Why do we automatically turn to the government, and to the federal government at that, when we see a problem? Instead of creating another federal entitlement that will create yet another long term pressure on the federal budget, why not enable families to take care of their own by not taking money from them in the first place? And let's not saddle our children with even more debt that they'll have to pay for with exorbitantly high taxes. Is that not "pro-family"?
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