"Pandering Politics at its Worst".

My pal Diane just told me about Hillary and her "baby bonds". Captain's Quarters has more, via Free Republic:

"Hillary Clinton decided to create another entitlement program for her cradle-to-grave nanny state vision. In her address to the Congressional Black Caucus, Hillary said she'd like to spend $20 billion each year on checks to newborn infants. 'I like the idea of giving every baby born in America a $5,000 account that will grow over time, so that when that young person turns 18 if they have finished high school they will be able to access it to go to college or maybe they will be able to make that downpayment on their first home,' she said. Where does Hillary plan to get that money? It's easy to talk about writing checks, but the federal budget already runs in the red, especially on entitlements. If we talk about spending even more money that we don't have, why stop at $5,000? John McCain wondered aloud in his blogger conference call whether $100,000 wouldn't sound more compassionate, as long as we didn't talk about how we plan to pay for the program. This represents pandering politics at its worst. Want to get votes for an election? Promise to buy people off with free money! It takes the worst instincts of Norman Hsu to suggest yet another entitlement Ponzi scheme to get elected to office. The company Hillary keeps has started to rub off on her."

Will her $5,000 per baby include babies born to illegal aliens? THAT alone should inspire a new flood of immigrants if she is elected. Why should we hard-working citizens continually be taxed to death to support everyone else? And what exactly are parents responsible for these days, anyway? They seem to do less and less while expecting others to do more and more.