Job Stimulus Vs. Health Care Plans Announced

In an odd juxtaposition of news stories, the networks announced a new Jobs Stimulus Plan that will increase jobs by cutting business taxes $18 billion dollars for companies who hire unemployed workers. Yet in the same news cycle, the passage of the new Health Care bill was also predicted by Democrats who plan to change the rules in order to force the bill through on Sunday. That bill is expected to raise business taxes hundreds of billions of dollars on business in the next ten years (based on the Congressional Business Office estimates released today). So while promising to create jobs by reducing business taxes by $18 billion, Congress and the White House will reduce even more jobs by raising taxes ten to twenty times that same amount. (This figure does not include the additional personal income taxes that will also be increased to pay for the program.)

Meanwhile, 59,000 Catholic nuns announced support to the new government expansion into health care, despite language that could allow tax money to pay for abortions. In contrast, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops has launched repeated attacks against the bill. See Chick's WHO KILLED CLARICE?