Apparently California continues unabated on it's path towards total socialism. They are now proposing that taxpayers give away billions of dollars to anyone who has the good luck of being born inside the state's borders.

I'm betting if this passes, there will be a surge in babies born at hospitals at or near the borders of the state (in all directions). Of course, there's absolutely NO residence requirements for this massive giveaway.

They're claming the bill will "increase savings." Well, DUH. It will increase savings because the state will be forcing taxpayers to save money FOR OTHER PEOPLE, whether they want to or not. No, it won't increase responsibility one bit -- in fact, it will DECREASE responsibility -- which is a hallmark of today's liberalism/socialist Democrat Party.

People should save money. Of that, there's no question. You should save money for your "retirement," you should save money to pay for sudden, unexpected expenses, and you should save money if you have planned expenses in the future. A responsible person will save money for just such reasons. If a person does NOT save money, they should be held just as responsible -- by not allowing them to have a retirement, or nice things they want (like a college education). Whether government should be involved with savings is questionable. Perhaps they could encourage it -- at the very least, they shouldn't punish it (as they do now).

This bill, however, does the exact opposite. This bill encourages people NOT to save because the government will take care of them! Why save for retirement when the government will give you free medical benefits and free retirement cash? Why save for college education when government wants to make it free for you? With this bill, everyone gets a free college education (paid for by taxpayers, of course). Why save for large, unexpected medical expenses when the government ensures you will get all the free medicine you want?

This bill does one thing, and one thing only -- and this is the absolute intent of those who introduced the bill: it makes people MORE dependent on government. It's a hand out, no matter how many times they lie and claim it's a "hand up." It's total socialism and it's completely and totally wrong in any sort of a free country -- which California is clearly not.

Posted by: Ogre at 02:17 PM | Comments (8) | Add Comment
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