Thursday, March 11, 2010

Guess Who's Coming to Your House

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It's all supposed to be voluntary, those "home visits" that are tucked into the mammoth Obamacare bill. All voluntary, they say, but once you "volunteer" to have the oh-so-helpful folks from Social Services come in to help with your newborns, or with a number of other specified issues, will you ever be able to get rid of them?

The bill provides for federal funding and supervision for this vast expansion of government intrusion into family life. This is the Nanny State on steroids. Is your family being "targeted" for such home visitations? Let's see if you fit into one of these very broad categories:

  • Families where Mom is not yet 21. (No mention here whether she is married or not.)
  • Families where someone is a tobacco user. [?] (Does this include the White House? Watch out, Sasha and Malia! Does Grandpa, whom you love and have taken in, enjoy his after-dinner pipe?)
  • Families where children have low student achievement, developmental delays, or disabilities.

As if that list were not wide-ranging enough, here's the net that can encompass tens of millions:

  • Families with individuals who are serving or formerly served in the armed forces, including such families that have members of the armed forces who have had multiple deployments outside the United States.

So while Johnny gets his gun, the government steps in to "help" his family at home.

Do you spank your children? You should know that HHS bureaucrats think you are an abuser.

Ronald Reagan used to say the most frightening words in the English language were these: I'm from the government, and I'm here to help... [snip]

One thing is clear: For life and liberty, we must defeat ObamaCare. Call your U.S. senators and representatives now (202.224.3121). Tell them to vote NO on Obamacare.

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