“Dickey-Wicker is 13 years old now, and I think we need to review these policies,’’ The Times quoted DeGette as saying. “I’ve already talked to several pro-life Democrats about Dickey-Wicker, and they seemed open to the concept of reversing the policy if we could show that it was necessary to foster this research.”
What gets me is this: Private companies can do embryonic stem cell research, it is legal. Know how many diseases they have cured with them. Exactly ZERO. They are talking about federally funding research that has failed to show ANY promise of success. They are trying to fund failure! (Why am I still surprised at this??) Given that it is possible to get Stem Cells with OUT killing a human being, funding for murder seems just absolutely asinine. Stem cells gotten through other means HAVE produced results! Why not stick with something that works???????
They [The Federal Government] spend ALL tax dollars as efficiently as drunken sailors, 'tis what's been done for more than 60 years as democrat act after act costs trillions in 'unintended consequenses' on top of the thousands well spent! This simple reason alone is why the States should disband the federal government (now that China is the World Cop-in-chief), reinstate militias (other states may vote to fund core military units required to be larger than one state's budget for National Security), and stop sending Washington DC the pork dollars that are returned as pennies! Other than the 1994 Republican Contract With America, the 12 years Repubs were 'in charge' were essentially wasted due to Enron and WorldCom (and other) knee-jerk legislation. Return the federal gov't to a Constitutional Federal Gov't, with a Senate representing States' interests (treaties, etc), and the House can continue to play the Kangaroo Kongress game they've been playing, but with Monopoly money instead of the real thing! America would be much better off, and Pelosi would then fit the role!