On two different occasions Congress has rejected laws to give “needy” families government-subsidized diapers—in addition to free food and medical care—but President Obama is determined to make it happen, allocating $10 million in taxpayer money to the highly unpopular cause. The multi-million-dollar initiative is being promoted by the White House as essential to eradicate a national “diaper divide” and the goal is to abolish “diaper disparity” by expanding access to affordable diapers for America’s poorest families.
Behind this high-priced mission is Cecilia Muñoz, the White House Domestic Policy Director. A renowned open borders lobbyist in Washington D.C., Muñoz was vice president of National Council of La Raza (NCLR) before Obama brought her on as White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs. A few years later the president promoted her to the more powerful and prestigious post of top advisor on domestic issues. Muñoz wields tremendous power, coordinating the policy-making process and supervising the execution of domestic policy in the White House. If she wants Uncle Sam to give poor families free diapers, it’s safe to bet that it will happen even if Congress has twice nixed the scandalous idea.
To get the ball rolling, the administration announced this month that it plans to spend $10 million to “test effective ways to get diapers to families in need and document the health improvements that result.” Because it’s unlikely that Congress will pass a law to accomplish this, Muñoz admits the administration is getting creative and using every tool it has to help solve this dire problem. The low-income families that will benefit from the administration’s diaper initiative already get essentials like food and health insurance from the government through a variety of federal programs such as Medicaid, the nutrition program known as Women Infants and Children (WIC) and food stamps. Diapers are just as imperative to babies’ health, according to Muñoz, who says that “no family should have to choose between keeping their babies healthy and keeping the lights or heat on.”
The costly initiative comes just months after Congress resoundingly rejected the second measure in four years to grant poor families government-subsidized diapers. The legislation, Hygiene Assistance for Families of Infants and Toddlers Act, was introduced in late November and would have allowed states to provide diapers or a diaper subsidy for low-income families.
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7 comments:
Give them 10 sets of cloth diapers and directions on how to use them.
If they can't afford to have children, they should stop having children. They will then not need diapers.
Case closed.
Cloth diapers are one solution, but present a difficulty without access to a washer/dryer. And since people are going to have babies with or without our approval it would be a good idea to address the costs of feeding and diapering the most vunerable American citizens. Limiting the number of children "allowed" may be part of the solution. I think sooner or later population control will need to be addressed.
Our family was middle class in the 50's and 60's and I can remember my mother, aunt and grandmother in the backyard with several tubs of water, soap and bleach washing the cloth diapers. Disposable diapers didn't exist at that time. If they could do it, these freeloaders can do it.
Perhaps if these poor people stopped having kids they don't want to care for then maybe they wouldn't be so poor.
I know the taxpayers would appreciate it.
OMG 11:33 - how inclusive and tolerant of you!
and the incentive to potty train would be? The elementary school assistants and teachers will be changing diapers instead of teaching, just like they are doing this year in kindergarten.
does that include adult diapers too?
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