(Warning: Fire extinguisher may be needed.)
In an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., defended huge sums of money for “family planning services” tucked into President Obama’s proposed economic stimulus package, claiming contraception will reduce government costs.
“…contraception, will reduce costs to the states and to the federal government.”
“So no apologies for that?” Stephanopoulos asked.
“No apologies,” Pelosi answered. “No. we have to deal with the consequences of the downturn in our economy.”
Does anyone else feel like jumping up and down and screaming “You people have lost your minds!”
Because here’s the thing….they’ve had plenty of chance to prove that “contraception reduces things”…as they’ve tried to convince us it reduces number of abortions. Statistics clearly show it has NOT reduced but increased the number of abortions. Guess what? That costs money–OUR money and the government’s money.
And I find it very interesting that no one is talking about the millions of dollars being spent on health care due to the adverse effects of artificial birth control on a woman’s body–increased cancers of every kind, depression meds, etc.
Now she suggests that “fewer children is better for the economy”. Um, Mrs. Pelosi, how about fewer cars, smaller houses, fewer vacations, fewer entertainment splurges, fewer house keepers, fewer $40 fingernail indulgences (sorry if you get your nails done–speaking generally, here ;-), fewer beauty supplies, fewer convenience foods, fewer divorces, fewer officials flying all over the place for million-dollar “conferences”–how about Americans who actually start living within their means?
And I realize most of those are personal expenses, but it’s all mixed together. There’s a whole list the government could use–it’s all the same on a personal level or national…we’ve consistently spent far more money than we have. And the government pumps money into all sorts of areas where they have no business.
Do we really want to fix the economy? We could start by reducing the number of households. Why don’t we introduce a proposal that actually holds couples to the “til death do us part” vows they make in a social contract between families and a covenant before God (provided there is not REAL reason for divorce)?
Or increase funding for Thrift Store advertising to limit the outrageous clothing budgets families have? If children are expensive, it’s our fault, not theirs.
We could fund advertisement for “spend what you make” campaigns and aim to put credit card companies out of business.
These are partly tongue-in-cheek, but my gracious, if we’re going to throw money at anything, at least throw it at something that might make a slight difference!
Here’s an even better idea–why don’t we tell the government to keep their sticky fingers out of our lives-including our pockets for funding absurd programs that a third-grader could see do not work!
Yes, I’m a little steamed. Read the whole report HERE.
By the way, the story below is highly ironic in light of our “brilliant American plans”….
“Japan is in the midst of an unprecedented recession, so corporations are being asked to work toward fixing another major problem: the country’s low birthrate.”
Urged to “Go Home and Multiply”
(By the way, for the naysayers of “Demographic Winter”, you may want to rethink your position after reading this article.)
