Priorities?

Today's Daily Caller posted an article on the progress of the latest stimulus bill. This week, the House of Representatives is taking a short break from their vacation to return to Washington to pass a $26 billion spending package partially intended to keep states from laying off teachers.  Critics are calling it a "bailout for teachers unions."

In order to make the bill deficit neutral, the Senate version of the bill cuts $12 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (food stamps).  The cuts will begin in 2014.  Unfortunately, this is typical of the kind of thing the current Congress is doing.  The money for the teachers union is being spent now.  The cuts will not take effect until 2014.  By that time, people will have forgotten what the cuts were about and the money will be restored without an argument.  I am sure that somehow the Democrats will find a way to blame the Republicans for denying food stamps to hungry people.  Can you imaging trying to run your household budget that way?

The article states:

"(The bill)...includes no requirements that school districts balance their budgets or report on whether the money is making a measurable effect in the classroom.  Support for the bill has mainly been driven by the Federation for American Teachers, the largest group that represents teachers' interests, which has donated more than $1.7 million to Democrats in 2010."

There are better ways to run a government.  We need to remember that in November.