Friday, March 18, 2011

Have you had an abortion? Did you keep your receipt?

The Conservative assault on Women's rights has escalated yet again.
Talk about a nanny state!

From Mother Jones:
Under a GOP-backed bill expected to sail through the House of Representatives, the Internal Revenue Service would be forced to police how Americans have paid for their abortions. To ensure that taxpayers complied with the law, IRS agents would have to investigate whether certain terminated pregnancies were the result of rape or incest.
Thomas Barthold, the chief of staff of the nonpartisan Joint Tax Committee, confirmed that one consequence of the Republicans' "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act" would be to turn IRS agents into abortion cops—that is, during an audit, they'd have to detemine, from evidence provided by the taxpayer, whether any tax benefit had been inappropriately used to pay for an abortion.
 OK, let's review the Conservative policy punch list:
  • Destroy the middle class, check
  • Eviscerate safety net for the poor, sick and elderly, check
  • Attack and defund ACORN, Planned Parenthood, Public Education, NPR and any and all arts, cultural and educational institutions favored by anyone who is not a white, radical right winger, check.
  • Return women to the status of herd animals, check
  • Further enrich obscenely wealthy campaign donors and voracious corporations, check
  • Create jobs and maintain critical infrastructure...well you can't do everything!

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