Let them languish

Posted by Mary Mancini on October 26, 2005 under Uncategorized |

Dispelling the popular belief that the GOP is the party of “family values,” the Washington Post reports that “Republicans began targeting key programs for budget cuts yesterday, from student loans and health care to food stamps and foster care.”

Cuts to Foster care? Un-cared for children with nowhere to go? It appears that the Conservative formula for supporting family values and a healthy society goes something like this:

1) Do not allow the public schools to educate children about human sexuality, respect for their bodies, safe sex, and birth control. If you don’t talk about it, the kids won’t do it.
2) Legislate against a woman’s right to control her own medical care, including the right to terminate an unwanted/unplanned pregnancy
3) Cut funding to help raise the children that result from #1 and #2.
4) Implement massive tax cuts to ensure that their wealthy and well-cared for children stay wealthy and well-cared for.

Brilliant!