Friday, September 28, 2007

Hillary Clinton's $5000 Stupidity

So Hillary said today, according to the AP, that she wants to give $5000 to every child born in America (at four million per year, that's $20 billion annually). Here are the two stupidest quotes from the article:

Clinton said such an account program would help Americans get back to the tradition of savings that she remembers as a child, and has become harder to accomplish in the face of rising college and housing costs.

"I think it's a wonderful idea," said Rep. Stephanie Stubbs Jones, an Ohio Democrat who attended the event and has already endorsed Clinton. "Every child born in the United States today owes $27,000 on the national debt, why not let them come get $5,000 to grow until their 18?"

No, Hillary, it will keep Americans in the tradition of expecting to get everything from the government (which is what you really want, isn't it?)

And Rep. Jones, you fool, this plan will mean that every baby born will now owes $32,000 on the national debt!

By the way, I'm wondering if it was Rep. Jones, or the AP reporter, who used the wrong "they're" in her quote.

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