February 21, 2009
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Grinds My Gears #3 : Stimulus Bill
While there are so many things I oppose about President Obama’s stimulus package, I am going to focus on one thing.
Government funding for embryonic stem cell research. That is one of the most debated issues in America, right up there with abortion. While I personally think stem cell research is a good thing, I think the use of embryos for it is morally wrong. Such research can be conducted (sometimes much more effectively) with skin cells – therefore, why create a child (or fetus, if you prefer) only to harvest it’s cells? Would you create puppies, kittens, foals, baby anything only to destroy them? Then why is it okay to do this to humans?
No matter your opinion on it, I can respect it. However, understand how horrible it is that my tax dollars are going towards something I consider immoral. Something a good portion of America considers wrong, and something most Americans agree is a ‘gray area’.
I’m not 18 yet; I cannot vote.
But I am being taxed (taxes have gone up, too) to fund something I consider evil.
Taxation without representation?
Henry David Thoreau once was jailed for failing to pay his taxes. He stopped paying them in protest to the Spanish American War. I do not condone this, but I have a feeling history will repeat itself…
Just an added fyi – because of the length of the bill, and the fact President Obama did not give the 48-hour notice he had promised, the 1400+ page bill was not fully read by Congress before signed. As in, if they don’t know what they’ve signed, we as Americans are not fully aware what our tax dollars are going towards, nor do we know to what extent.
Just something I hope you think about, and research.
M
Quote Of The Day : Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well. Ralph Waldo Emerson
