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Originally Posted by southbel
Why should it be the government's business to fund charitable organizations? PP is free to get donations to cover these costs if they are indeed such a valuable service as the left leaning posters on here claim. By using taxpayer dollars to provide funds for these types of organizations, this is a forced charitable contribution. It makes sense to me to not fund PP (and many others as well) because it is not government's business to prop up charitable organizations. For those who believe in PP, feel free to show your support with your own money, not mine.
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Originally Posted by southbel
So what about all the other charities? They should all get taxpayer dollars based upon your rationale. At what point is enough enough? I don't believe any charity should get taxpayer dollars because that is not the government's business. If a charity has use, is honest, and has enough people support it, it has no need for taxpayer dollars. There are many charities out there right now that manage to exist without usurping taxpayer dollars. The only reason PP has govenment endorsement and support is because Dems wanted to use it as a reason to garner votes from bleeding heart liberals.
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You're a bit of a broken record here, y'know? Are you aware that many charities get government funds? A large portion of the federal money that PP gets is from Medicaid. That is something that other health care providers get as well.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/mas...sts_charities/
http://philanthropy.com/article/Whit...nars-to/52074/
http://philanthropy.com/article/A-Leap-of-Faith/49962/
http://philanthropy.com/article/Stat...Imperil/52150/
And many more examples.
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Originally Posted by HappyTexan
Only 33% of PP money is from government, not 100% like some think.
All PP has to do is send some "gimme more money" letters to the rich who donate.
Anyone who is concerned should send their check to PP in those states.
Let PP become 100% donator funded. Nothing wrong with that.
Go on..send in your check.
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Originally Posted by HappyTexan
No money, no services. It's as simple as that.
Just watch as more services get de-funded.
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It's amazing to see what the government CAN afford. Pap smears, no. Missles, yes. And to repeat, much of PP's federal funds come from Medicaid. There is going to be no net gain to the feds to disallow Medicaid recipients to use PP. They'll just go somewhere else, probably a private provider that charges more than PP does as a private NP.
You seem very happy at the prosepect of programs getting defunded. Then they will be coming after YOU to contribute, too.
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Originally Posted by ringwise
Thanks to spending cuts like these, states are starting to get their fiscal houses in order.
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What a joke.
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Originally Posted by Calvinist
Or maybe it's just wrong to use government to fund an immoral thing like killing babies.
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No federal funds are being used for abortion. You can relax. Maybe it's just wrong to use government to invade a country we had no reason to, like Iraq.
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Originally Posted by ringwise
I get that we live in a real world. A real world where we are spending more as a country than we take in. We're going broke. How's that for real?
What should she do? Get another job. Cut back on the cell phone, big screen TV's and cigarettes. Go to a clinic that relies on charity. Not have the child that she will leave motherless since she can't afford them. Do what every other person does that doesn't look to the govt FIRST to solve their problems.
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I really wish people would quit thinking that every, or even many, poor people in this country have fancy cell phone plans, big screen TVs and smoke cigarettes. Maybe you could provide some statistics to prove same. TIA.
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Ummm.....I don't want my tax dollars to pay for the roads. Why? Because a woman on her way to get an abortion will drive on the roads I paid for. Therefore, my tax dollars are "paying" for her abortion. 
