The other end of Pelosi's argument is "mercy" killing of seniors and the elderly when they no longer contribute to the State and are seen as a cost burden. Then the State could add anyone who was a drag on the economy, services, I suppose. Sound familiar?// By limiting population, you also reduce those who will pay into FICA and set up an argument for eliminating Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Since private retirement investing, pensions, individual health care is out of the reach/control of the average person you are entering a new definition of American life.
On Jan 26, 5:25�am, Ohio mark <[email protected]> wrote: > Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi boldly defended a move to add birth > control funding to the new economic "stimulus" package, claiming > "contraception will reduce costs to the states and to the federal > government." > > Pelosi, the mother of 5 children and 6 grandchildren, who once said, > "Nothing in my life will ever, ever compare to being a mom," seemed to > imply babies are somehow a burden on the treasury. > > The revelation came during an exchange Sunday morning on ABC's THIS > WEEK. > > STEPHANOPOULOS: Hundreds of millions of dollars to expand family > planning services. How is that stimulus? > > PELOSI: Well, the family planning services reduce cost. They reduce > cost. The states are in terrible fiscal budget crises now and part of > what we do for children's health, education and some of those elements > are to help the states meet their financial needs. One of those - one > of the initiatives you mentioned, the contraception, will reduce costs > to the states and to the federal government. > > STEPHANOPOULOS: So no apologies for that? > > PELOSI: No apologies. No. we have to deal with the consequences of the > downturn in our economy. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
