A Glimpse of the Future
Entitlement programs might come across well on the campaign stump but those who tout them should state far more specifics than were offered today by Senator Clinton.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday that every child born in the United States should get a $5,000 “baby bond” from the government to help pay for future costs of college or buying a home.
Clinton, her party’s front-runner in the 2008 race, made the suggestion during a forum hosted by the Congressional Black Caucus.
“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.
The New York senator did not offer any estimate of the total cost of such a program or how she would pay for it. Approximately 4 million babies are born each year in the United States.
Clinton said such an account program would help Americans get back to the tradition of savings that she remembers as a child, and has become harder to accomplish in the face of rising college and housing costs.
I don’t know about anyone else, but no one in the federal government has ever given us anything to take care of our family nor have we asked. Whatever we have or have given to our children, we earned and did not tack it on the back of other taxpayers.
While there are those who truly need government assistance, too often individuals who are perfectly capable of earning their own way use up precious dollars and resources.
If a program such as this should ever begin, it will never end. Give aways never do..if anything they grow.
How about personal responsibility instead. If you choose to have a family, you work hard and unless there are circumstances which prevent you from doing so, you provide for that family..now I can live with that.
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Written by Sue
