Talk about reinforcing stereotypes. First it was the cut in business taxes combined with Gov. Snyder’s proposal to tax senior citizens.
Now comes a proposal from State Sen. Bruce Casswell (R-Hillsdale) to extract a pound of flesh from children in foster care.
His idea? Require children in the state’s foster-care system to spend their clothing allowance in thrift stores.
Oh yeah, those foster-care kids are bleeding the state dry, aren’t they?
Even if spending on foster care needs to be reduced (a topic I have no opinion about), there are better approaches.
First published by the Detroit News: http://apps.detnews.com/apps/blogs/watercooler/index.php?blogid=2137
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