A huge WTF?: Does the Dem spendulus also attempt to roll back welfare reform?
While others are scouring the ninety-nine and 44/100s percent pure pork Dem stimulus package, it’s up to an honest, moderate lefty to point out a much more sinister intent of the “bipartisan” spending package. Mickey Kaus points out that the work-in-progress legislation (in both its Senate and House forms) aims to reward states for intentionally expanding their welfare caseloads, even if the number of caseloads isn’t specifically tied to economic reality.
If correct, this moves the bill’s debate from a basic argument of Keynesian economics to a much more serious discussion over the true intentions of a newly elected majority which, with each passing day, seems more bent on creating legions of new entitlement votes than actually assisting the victims of a temporarily receding economy.
This bill isn’t about an economic stimulus, or otherwise we’d actually be discussing it. It’s a dangerouse, once-in-a-generation power grab that threatens to put the welfare of Americans second to questionable political interests. For shame.
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