Health & Fitness
Where is a coherent public policy?
Federal public policy is determined by the three branches of the Federal Government usually in coordination with each other. To borrow the old adage: coming up with public policy is like “making sausage.” We have two important social issues currently on the front page: amnesty and abortion. One might ask “Is there a relationship between the two?”
In the case of abortion (or women’s rights depending on which side you may be on) public policy was made by the Supreme Court’s Roe vs. Wade decision. Thus, at last count some 58 million abortions have taken place in the United States since Roe vs. Wade. Pro-life supporters refer to this shocking statistic as “The American Holocaust”.
The current amnesty bill being worked through the Congress on the other hand, seeks to legitimize the status of undocumented aliens entering the United States without following the existing procedures set forth by Congress as late as 1986 – the last time the Congress and the Executive Branch tinkered with opening the doors to the Land of Opportunity. The current count is some 11 million undocumented foreigners residing in the United States. How this number grew has been blamed on the failure of the Executive Branch not following public policy, in this case the laws and funds established by the Congress. One of the primary arguments to provide a procedure that will regularize the status of these undocumented residents is the need for additional laborers to meet a current workforce shortage – albeit the fact we have a significant unemployed population also costing us dearly.
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Who knows what the cost to the taxpayers has been to fund a substantial portion of abortions? It is safe to assume that it is significant. On the other hand, there is a proposal before Congress to regularize the status of undocumented residents who obviously want citizenship in the land of opportunity. The price tag of the latest proposal being considered by the Congress is some $47B.
We encourage abortions and, at the same time support the importation of undocumented workers to fill our seemingly deficient labor pool. The net result is a significant raid on our national treasury. Has the thought ever occurred to any of us taxpayers that fewer abortions may solve the unemployment problem?
