SB5 expands eligibility for the Care 4 Kids program to Medicaid recipients.
The House passed SB5 on May 7, 2024, by a vote of 120 to 24. We have assigned pluses to the nays because subsidizing child care for “low-income” families is not the legitimate object of government. The Care 4 Kids program, as with all other forms of public assistance, relies on immoral, anti-constitutional, and discriminatory forms of taxation (e.g., income and property taxes) that provide “benefits” to “eligible” persons, who have little or no tax liability, at the expense of others. The reality is that “cradle-to-grave” or “nanny-state” policies result in more debt, dependency, and poverty. Moreover, Medicaid is unauthorized according to Article 1, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution.
