Palin Slashed Funding for Teen Moms

[PetrusMonsFormicarum]

From the Washington Post:

By Paul Kane
ST. PAUL -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential nominee who revealed Monday that her 17-year-old daughter is pregnant, earlier this year used her line-item veto to slash funding for a state program benefiting teen mothers in need of a place to live.

After the legislature passed a spending bill in April, Palin went through the measure reducing and eliminating funds for programs she opposed. Inking her initials on the legislation -- "SP" -- Palin reduced funding for Covenant House Alaska by more than 20 percent, cutting funds from $5 million to $3.9 million. Covenant House is a mix of programs and shelters for troubled youths, including Passage House, which is a transitional home for teenage mothers.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/02/palin_slashed_funding_to_help.html?hpid=artslot

[skooooo]

1. I don't like Palin..

But I do have a relative in Alaska who says that Palin has actually expanded a number of social services for people.

[Liberal Veteran]

2. Bwah-ha-ha....she's a fucking cornucopia of goodness for us.

[hedgehog]

3. Covenant House also gets kids off the streets who've been supporting

themselves through prostitution.

[Boo Boo]

4. Of course she did

Fundy religious conservatives have their own network for dealing with the repercussions of their no-abortion, no-contraception dogma. They don't see the need for state sponsored social services to deal with the issue. If anything they see the state as a competitor---one that doesn't require that you submit to religious evangelism in order to receive help.