Hillary Clinton digs up the dead

Senator Hillary Clinton told parents and teachers in Miami Monday that she is proposing a $10 billion federal program to provide universal preschool for every 4-year-old child in America.

She said she would pay for the program by closing tax loopholes and ending the Iraq war, although she believes quality pre-kindergarten programs pay for themselves by preventing behavior problems, lowering the drop-out rate and reducing the welfare caseload.

"If you add up all the benefits, it's really astonishing," Senator Clinton said.

Can't argue with that. "Astonishing" is a synonym for "incredible" and "unbelievable."

In case you can't believe it yourself, here's a link to Monday's Associated Press report.

AP writer Brendan Farrington didn't mention this, but a proposal for universal preschool was put on California's 2006 June ballot by actor and director Rob Reiner. He made the same argument Mrs. Clinton is making for the value of pre-kindergarten programs, although he didn't offer to pay for them by ending the Iraq war. Mr. Reiner's proposal called for a 1.7 percent increase in the state income tax for individuals making more than $400,000 and couples with income over $800,000.

The California measure was defeated by a margin of 61 to 39.

If you went to school in California, that's almost two-thirds.

Yet Hillary Clinton has decided to dig around in California's political graveyard and haul up the crumbling bones of this dead issue.

Why?

Because she believes it is the proper role of government to create programs that solve people's problems for them. And 4-year-olds are cute. If you want people to come into your pet shop and buy what you have to sell, always put the puppies in the window.

Inside Hillary Clinton's pet shop is a ravenous monster eating our freedom.

Read "The Tyranny of the Children" at www.SusanShelley.com to find out why.


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