I don't know if any of you saw this, but it should be a HUGE story because it so perfectly exemplifies what is so despicable about the Republicans. It would be nice if we could drive this onto the television news. The Republican Congress is sending a bill to Bush that PUNISHES ABUSED CHILDREN!
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From Bob Egelko in yesterday's S.F. Chronicle:
A bill awaiting President Bush's signature includes provisions to cut off federal foster care benefits for hundreds of California children living with low-income relatives after being removed from the homes of abusive or neglectful parents.
If the cutback survives an expected court challenge, the reduction in aid will be substantial. In the Bay Area and other high-cost regions, for example, a woman providing foster care for grandchildren ages 7 and 10, who now gets $1,315 a month, would receive $723, the amount of a conventional welfare grant.
That the Republicans- who last week (with help from such Democrats as Chuck Schumer and Dianne Feinstein) extended tax cuts for the wealthy- want to cut financial assistance to ABUSED OR NEGLECTED CHILDREN says everything that needs be said about their hypocrisy, their morality, their commitment to family values, and the bare bones fact that they are JUST PLAIN MEAN!
The cutback affects California and eight other Western states.
...Legal Aid attorney, Marjorie Shelby, said the savings projected by the administration, $370 million over five years, amounted to "petty cash in the federal budget.''
Please give this the publicity it deserves!
The link:
S.F. Chronicle