BCT Editorial – 8/10/10

There’s nothing new in this editorial so please read my critiques of “Doomed to fail” and “Licking salt” for most of my comments.  In summary, the editorial is another in a series (at least 45 since March 2005) laying the foundation for the government to control our lives even more.  (Don’t forget the minimum of 54 anti-smoking on private property editorials.)  When it comes to a government-run healthcare monopoly, cost control will be the excuse used to control our decisions.  We’ve already seen that in the ridiculous tobacco taxes (No, I don’t smoke, chew, etc.) and the proposed taxes on sugar-containing drinks.

Did you note the one issue about the subject bill the editorial didn’t mention?  It was the impropriety of the feds having anything to do with school meals.  The Constitution enumerates the responsibilities and powers of the federal government, and school meals aren’t mentioned.  As the 10th Amendment says, “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved for the States respectively, or to the people.”  What that means is the federal government doesn’t have a power unless the Constitution explicitly gives the federal government that power.  The Constitution – including its amendments – does not give the federal government authority to fund school meals.  Of course, the same is true for Medicare, Obamacare, Socialist Security, and other government programs, but those are discussions for another day.

Another point the editorial didn’t mention was about how we would pay for the “$4.5 billion.”  You’ll recall this paper cries crocodile tears about deficit spending and debt one day and the next day pitches a fit if anyone proposes spending cuts or adhering to “pay-go” rules.

Finally, the editorial says “Parents and society must be involved, too.”  Keep in mind lefties treat “society” and government as synonyms.