Uncle Sam Wants You…..on the Pill!
Drudge has a headline today stating that Pelosi says that birth control will help the economy. In a Sunday morning interview with George Stephanopoulos, Pelosi is quoted as saying that contraception will “reduce cost to the states and to the federal government”.
I can’t believe this. Does she even listen to herself? There is a time and place for the debate on whether the government should be spending tax payer money providing contraception to individuals but it is beyond reasoning to think that it has a place in a stimulus package. This goes to show that Congress and the Administration is not serious about making sure that this is a clean bill intended to create jobs and rev up the economy. It is going to be full of pork and earmarks disquised as “job creating” or “cost reductions”. It is going to be created based on ideaology and not sound, reasonable judgements.
By the way, I would suggest that reducing contraception availability would do more to stimulate the economy. Increased births would lead to increased health care expenditures. Job creation in the child care industry will skyrocket. Parents will be forced to put more of their hard earned dollars into the economy instead of in savings. This increase in consumer spending will translate into more jobs, more tax revenue and a more vibrant economy.
