Proposition 71 Goes Oink, Oink, Oink
Proposition 71 perpetrated one of the great corporate welfare scams of recent times. As a consequence, California, which is so broke its emergency rooms are closing and its senior citizen services are being cut, is going to BORROW $3 billion over ten years (not including interest) to pay fat cat biotech companies and university research centers to conduct experiments in human cloning. The bill has barely taken effect and the pork is already oinking, as this S.F. Chronicle article reports. (Too bad the media didn't do such vigorous journalism before the bill passed.)
posted by Wesley J. Smith @ 8:52 AM
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2 Comments:
Wesley,
Do you think the bad thinking, about ESCR, by the citizens of California is limited to just the left leaning states? Is this type of mindset about ESCR as widespread in more conservative states?
Chris: No. I think these issues do not necessarily cut blue versus red. Some blue types oppose Proposition 71. Some red types support it. That being said, I do think many blues assume that because pro lifers generally oppose the research--and even here there are excepions--they should support it. Such attitudes are not only intellectually lazy, but they give tremendous power to a group that blues tend to disdain.
Thanks for your input. WJS
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