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Smoking is legal. Nevertheless, a decades long government sponsored education program has reduced smoking and saved lives.
Abortion is legal. There may be nothing a President or the Congress can do about it. But it seems to me that a genuinely pro-life president would pull out all stops to educate the American people on life issues. This could be done through a new agency, or perhaps an existing agency like the Department of Education or Health and Human Services. This campaign would have a budget of at least $500MM every year to fund the following:
1. Billboards along federal highways.
2. Television commercials and infomercials.
3. A mandatory pro-life curriculum for schools receiving federal funding.
4. Booklets, pamphlets, brochures, and so forth to made available by health care providers.
5. Posters to be displayed in all federal government workplaces.
6. A federal pro-life hotline.
7. Mandatory seminars and classes for military personnel.
Well, I could go on and on, but you get the idea. A president doesn't need to overturn Roe v. Wade to be a pro-life president. He just needs to believe that abortion is at least as much of a public health threat as ... smoking.
The average age of death from lung cancer is 71 years old. The average age of death from abortion is 9-12 weeks old. Replacing the anti-smoking campaign with a pro-life campaign is a no-brainer.
That money came from the tobacco lawsuits, it cant just be shunted around at will.
Maybe fewer vacations for the royal family? The Obamas have taken at least 16 vacations so far (likely a few more by now). Christmas vacation last year was $1.5MM. If the next president cuts back on these a little, that's $10MM+ right there. A good start.
Maybe fewer vacations for the royal family? The Obamas have taken at least 16 vacations so far (likely a few more by now). Christmas vacation last year was $1.5MM. If the next president cuts back on these a little, that's maybe $10MM right there. That's a good start.
There's proof that you care about the unborn more than existing children.
Sure, take money away from schools struggling to educate real live existing children just to push a minority view on the majority.
As long as they're not born yet you care about them. Once kids are actually here --- lets pay less for education !
Federal involvement in education has not improved the schools. A few bureaucrats might miss the money, but the students won't. Local school administrators will never "turn around" their schools unless they reform their priorities, and that doesn't cost anything.
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