Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Sarah Palin slashed funding for teenage mothers
You simply can’t make this stuff up. Alaska Governor and Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin used the power of a line-item veto to drastically decrease state spending for programs that help single teen mothers. In other words, girls just like her own 17-year old daughter Bristol Palin.
So not only does Sarah Palin believe that abortions should be banned except only in cases where the mother’s life is at risk, she withheld money from a program that helps young girls that decide not to abort their pregnancy and instead have the baby. She is also against sex education being taught in public schools.
Again, you simply can’t make this stuff up.
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Let’s see, in 2006 government funding for this program was about 1.1 million dollars, and now it’s 3.9 million dollars. So under Palin’s tenure as governor, funding for the program has increased about 300%. I realize liberals have trouble with basic math, but the idea that funding for this program has been “slashed” is completely idiotic. But, what the hell. Why let the facts get in the way of a good smear job.
@EyeDoc: Last year, Palin reduced funding for Covenant House Alaska from $5 million to $3.9 million. Instead of mouthing off about liberals not being able to do math, you ought to actually read what I posted.