skippy the bush kangaroo: when you think the gop can't get any crueler

Saturday, April 23, 2011

when you think the gop can't get any crueler

you run across this story.

under a new budget proposal from state sen. bruce casswell, children in the state’s foster care system would be allowed to purchase clothing only in used clothing stores.

...under his plan, foster children would receive gift cards that could only be used at places like the salvation army, goodwill and other second hand clothing stores. - michigan messenger

now, to be honest, i shop at thrift stores as i believe in recycling and reusing but i am an adult. i have a choice. i am not at that tender age where slights can scar one so easily.

i am also, not a foster child, where an underlying, unspoken message of "you are different"..."you are not one of us"..."you are not wanted" often permeate a psyche.

this state senator wants to codify those messages with this law. this is unconscionable. this is cruel and, unfortunately in these days of social darwinism run amok, is not all that unusual.

Labels: cruelty, gop, michigan, poverty, republicans

posted by Cookie Jill at 9:22 PM |

6 Comments:

The little urchins should just get a job and quit being a drag on taxpayers.(*) What, are there no workhouses? No mines that their tiny frames would be great for working in? Sheesh!

And public education. Don't get me started on public education. Why should I educate other people's kids? If you can't afford a quality private school education for your children, you should be sterilized so you can't have kids. Yeesh, the nerve of some people!

- Badtux the Republican Penguin
(*)Tongue in beak... for me. Not for Republicans, alas.

commented by

BadTux, 9:56 PM PDT

Welcome to the Wild West where everyone is on their own. It works in the movies and TV shows...not so much in real life.

commented by

Cookie Jill, 10:13 PM PDT

The GOP seems intent upon playing the role of Scrooge in A Christmas Carol. Except that, unlike Scrooge, they're unredeemable.

Foster kids didn't ask to be put into foster care. Why should they be treated differently from non-foster kids when it comes to clothing them? What next, a law requiring anybody who receives food stamp assistant to buy all their kids' clothes at used clothing stores?!

- Badtux the Head-shakin' Penguin

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BadTux, 10:16 PM PDT

I think we should pass a law that sets a minimum IQ for state senators.

commented by

Jerry Critter, 10:50 PM PDT

Just when you think they have sunk as low as they can go, they plummet even further!!

commented by

Kulkuri, 8:00 AM PDT

You can never over-estimate the cruelty and greed of the Republican Party.

For them, it's a race to the top! - of the cesspool.

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Dr. Zhang, 3:46 PM PDT

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