Democrat Lawmaker Proposes DIAPER Act – Will Force Government to Subsidize Diapers (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Saturday, October 29, 2011, 11:15 AM
Nanny State Gone Wild–
Connecticut lawmaker Rosa DeLauro is calling on Washington to subsidize diapers. She says her DIAPER Act would act like a stimulus to help the economy.
Cashing In panelists discussed the proposed program today:
Far left Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D.-Conn.) wants government to subsidize diapers.
Human Events reported:
An economic recovery bill authored by Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D.-Conn.) seeks to empower struggling families by directing the federal government to distribute free diapers through day care centers.
The Diaper Investment and Aid to Promote Economic Recovery Act (DIAPER Act) would “relieve some of the stress on families facing hardship in this economy” by providing this direct service, DeLauro said in a letter to congressional colleagues urging them to co-sponsor her bill.
Without diapers, children are not allowed to attend day care, said DeLauro, who described those in need as a “lost generation of Americans.”
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Granny commented:
We already subsidize diapers through the Low Income Tax Credit and the Child Care Credit . . . .
ar05075 commented:
Wasne of them Leahy.?
ar05075 commented:
sorry, was one
chuck in st paul commented:
Is there ANYONE who does not now know why we have such a HUGE deficit? Anyone…? Bueller…? Bueller!!
BTW, can someone please point out to me where this is either mandated or allowed in the US Constitution? I keep reading it and I STILL can’t find this kind of stuff in there. I must not be nuanced enough I guess.
BS61 commented:
I love FB, they actually do real stories.
donh commented:
I have suggested in early posts the Tea Party hire Doug the Diaper Guy from victorious Prom Wrecker episode to crash the OWS Zuccoti Park party and do the dance to pee in his pants …… http://youtu.be/jPl0Zn3I7Cg
Patty commented:
First, this is so insane, words can’t begin to describe my anger. I have never used disposable diapers and the landfills, environmentalist heads must be spinning, where are they . The materials used in disposable diapers are so bad for a baby. Seriously, this nation has become so lazy. And some mother’s poor or not have no time to wash clothes diapers? Really?
Confidence, I really don’t think so. Wrapping a baby in the stuffing and plastic paper. And the cost to manufacture this junk. There maybe jobs lost but again we are simply turning into a bunch of lazy individuals.
http://www.realdiaperassociation.org/diaperfacts.php
Why choose cloth diapers? There are so many reasons. Cloth diapers are soft against your baby’s skin. Cloth diapers are also free of the many chemicals contained in disposable diapers. Our common sense tells us that cloth diapers are the ultimate in recycling because they are used again and again, not entering a landfill until they are nothing but rags. Of course, some people want more than this common sense approach–they want facts.
Disposable diapers contain traces of Dioxin, an extremely toxic by-product of the paper-bleaching process. It is a carcinogenic chemical, listed by the EPA as the most toxic of all cancer-linked chemicals. It is banned in most countries, but not the U.S..1
Disposable diapers contain Tributyl-tin (TBT) – a toxic pollutant known to cause hormonal problems in humans and animals.2
Patty commented:
Without diapers, children are not allowed to attend day care, said DeLauro, who described those in need as a “lost generation of Americans.”
OMG, Please get off the pity pot!
Deanna commented:
Granny is right. People can puchase diapers with the money they receive from welfare as well. And there are lots of programs like ToysRUs/BabysRUs and manufacturers that let you save rewards toward free diapers as well as plenty of charities that fund these necessities.
Frank Scarn commented:
Do I have to remind all you people, yet again, of the Great DEPENDS ™ Compromise that occurred on July 08, 1787, wherein the Framers settled the issue that the government would provide all manner of material needs to “the poor,” most especially the po’ who remain po’ because of their willful stupidity.
I mean, com’n, it’s right there in Madison’s Notes of Debates on the Constitution Convention. And Madison supplemented the necessity of the Compromise in Federalist 61A
Don’t they teach any history anymore!
Jeeeeesh!
bg commented:
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uhm, aren’t disposable diapers anti-green??
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Patty commented:
And babies can be trained at very early age to use the potty. Again, some very lazy mothers. And some very lazy Dad’s, if they haven’t run away from family.
http://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/
And there is W.I.C. and many of these programs are being abused. Get some of those Government Workers to get off their pot and start getting the fraud out these programs.
The shear WASTE WILL BLOW YOUR MIND.
Patty commented:
I see some abused and breaking the law if this is implemented. The food stamps program, Abused!
Those who are on these programs have figured out just how to abuse all government hand outs.
Some do need assistance, while others do need help. But what does government do? They throw more money after bad instead of going to the real core of the problem. We cannot afford more money into these programs. Get the fraud and waste out. Time to use some common sense.
Vicky Hernandez commented:
Thanks a lot, Jim. Great Onion “article.” Huh? What? This for real?????!!
Boy, you can’t make this stuff up. Can ya? Talk about a “nanny state!”
Looks like things’re going from the ridiculous and outrageous to down right scary. The tipping point is gonna be quite a doozy.
Patty commented:
Our entitlement programs are growing in a way that hurts the poor and should offend conservative sentiments
Government should provide a safety net at some level for society’s neediest citizens. Conservatives have argued over the size of the net and the heft of its ropes, but nearly all believe the state should care for the basic needs of those who cannot care for themselves and whose needs civil society or the markets are not able to fully address. There are, of course, libertarians who don’t share this belief, but for the most part, conservatives as a whole hold this view.
Dependence on government is ruinous over time to the recipients of state assistance. Except for aid to the disabled, elderly poor, and others afflicted with inescapable indigence, government assistance over time replaces aspiration and skews incentives to care for oneself and one’s family. This belief guided the successful welfare reform efforts of the 1990s.
These two beliefs – that government assistance should be targeted to those in need and delivered in a way that does not produce dependence – have long anchored conservative policymaking, even if conservatives have disagreed about how to apply them from time to time. As principles, they are fairly canonical in conservatism.
http://conhomeusa.typepad.com/therepublican/2011/02/conservatives-war-on-poor-entitlements.html
ohiochili commented:
OK…you make a baby or two, we supply the food, formula, medical care, day care if you are working or in school. Now we are going to supply diapers? The only thing left is clothes.
Uh oh…should have not mentioned clothes…that’s next…
And if you don’t want your baby, we’ll kill it for you.
Patty commented:
If entitlement programs are so amazing and effective, how come poverty is the same as it was 40 years ago?
Ever since Lyndon Johnson launched the “war on poverty” and started the “great society”, many entitlement programs were created and many have grown in size. Every decade we spend more and more and more on entitlement programs, especially under Obama.
If entitlement programs are so effective, why is the poverty rate the same as it was in the 60′s? In ’65 it was 14%, now it’s 14.3%. Is it proof that we have been wasting our money giving free hand outs to people who won’t work?
I am not saying that the poor don’t need help but the more we throw at a problem the less we get in return. Until we use the programs effectively and ween out the massive fraud these programs will never be affective.
There are enough programs, too many, in fact but those that do work, keep, those that don’t eliminate them.
Patty commented:
#16 October 29, 2011 at 12:01 pm
ohiochili commented:
Right, we are raising their babies. And in some cases they have babies for more money from government. There are even parenting classes and more are being called for by First Lady herself.
Seems to me this is a vicious circle, instead of solutions again MORE MONEY, SICK!!
#1AMERICAN commented:
“Without diapers, children are not allowed to attend day care”
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if you can’t afford diapers maybe you should think twice about spreading your legs
GGMac commented:
A true story as to why cloth diapers are better/best:
Elmira, NY, appx. 1975 – daughter in the hospital with a broken arm. In another room was a baby, about a year old, recovering from 3rd degree burns over most of her body. She had received the burns in a house fire a couple of months previously. One of the nurses told me they had been able to save the baby’s life for the sole reason that she was wearing a cloth diaper. The thick, wet diaper had allowed enough skin to be un-burned – thus providing a source of skin for grafts for her face, etc. The nurse said that disposable diapers such as pampers are killers because when a baby is being burned those diapers MELT and fuse into the skin – making the injuries much more serious, and destroying skin for grafting. The liklihood of the baby dying from the burns is therefore much greater.
That in itself is reason enough to use only cloth diapers.
Patty commented:
#16
kill it and then the story on fox. The percentages of babies being born hooked on cocaine and other drugs. Brought in by Mexico and there is another story all in itself.
Patty commented:
vicious Circle and I don’t see anyone doing the right things to change this endless cycle of abuse.
Liz commented:
Now they get helpful, after I raise my 8. Why doesn’t government give me a gardener or a chef? Do something useful.
Patty commented:
#20 October 29, 2011 at 12:07 pm
GGMac commented:
Great story!
Americans especially the liberal radical environmentalists QUIET!
We need intelligence, real enthusiastic individuals with Common Sense to this nation’s problems.
If we see the abuse WHY IN THE HECK, DOESN’T THIS GOVERNMENT. All we here is more spending, bad ideas that don’t solve the core problems. The money that could be found is truly astronomical in the Wasteful decisions of Washington. What a shame.
Beckwith commented:
If we were privy to Rosa DeLauro’s medical records, we would probably see that the poor woman has a serious urinary incontinence problem and that she is really just trying to have the American taxpayer pay for her Depends.
Stuart commented:
…and popsicles. Don’t forget Government subsidized popsicles.. and Halloween chocolate bars… and ice cream scooped into waffel cones by unicorns…….
gosh! commented:
this takes the cake………………diapers for all ……………..why stop there ……….
Patty commented:
#28
Liz
Whoo wee! 8?
And the favoritism. Mine have left College, Where’s our help!? LOL, I am from the old school of thought where you work hard and less dependence of this Pathetic Government. Obama is the opposite and the Problem.
Patty commented:
#26
Stuart
YUMMY, waffle cones…I go for that!
jennifer commented:
I can’t decide if this is a joke or not. I used cloth diapers on my children. In fact, I made most of them. When do we require people to think? My oldest is 22 and youngest 16. It is not like I am from an older generation.
For the record I did not use cloth because I was worried about the environment. I used cloth because we were a young military family and it was a great way to save money. I am at a loss at how people will learn to become thrifty and wise with money if they are constantly given my money to survive?
GGMac commented:
An interesting bit: a local radio station [mid-Missouri] carries an ad by a locally owned non-chain drug store in which one of the products they name as reason to shop there is that they carry cloth diapers. So there must be some demand; perhaps that demand will spread.
Patty commented:
http://cdn.theatlanticwire.com/images/static/picture1vg.png
Look at her! she has liberal radical written all over her face.
bigL commented:
Is this the Onion? This is a gag huh? Will this be the “adult Baby” scenario>
aprilnovember811 commented:
I just can’t take anymore of their insanity. These people are mental patients. Tell this commie creep to buy the diapers out of her salary. In fact we need to revoke their pensions. They need to make restitution for all of the unlawful spending they’ve done!
Patty commented:
#30
Jennifer
My reasons were I didn’t like the feel of disposable but the primary reason was, like you am not lazy. And I did see the cost and even though they were confident, they were also harmful. Mothers don’t want their child to get hurt but they never considered the harmful affects of disposable on their baby and the environment.
Patty commented:
THE DIAPER ACT (HR 3134) SUPPORTS CLOTH DIAPERS
Just found this. http://www.helpamotherout.org/2011/10/25/the-diaper-act-hr-3134-supports-cloth-diapers/
read more on site
HAMO note: The DIAPER ACT asks for NO additional federal funding to states. The legislation would empower eligible childcare providers (by each state) to provide diapering supplies with existing grants IF they so choose. Be sure to visit the Diaper Difference Coalition for more details and visit our page on this effort.
This is a cross post, with permission from Jennifer Labit, Founder and CEO of Cotton Babies, and creator of awesome cloth diapering products.
On October 6th, Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro introduced a piece of legislation that would underwrite diapers for families using subsidized childcare. The DIAPER Act (HR 3134) would provide diapers to families using subsidized childcare, enabling both parents to work and bring home income that would improve their family’s standard of living. Food is expensive. Diapers are expensive. Childcare providers require that you provide diapers for your baby. It’s difficult to work, even when childcare is free, if you can’t afford to buy diapers for your baby to use during the day.
Freddy commented:
Connecticut lawmaker Rosa DeLauro is a blood sucking VAMPIRE!
Susan commented:
This is a typical progressive proposal….full of crap.
Patty commented:
http://jenniferlabit.com/2011/04/01/almost-free-diapers-how-to-diaper-your-baby-when-you-cant-afford-disposable-diapers-or-cloth-diapers/
__”Almost Free Diapers_____________________________
here is my problem, the states don’t have to pay a thing…”NO additional federal funding to states”_____
BUT SOMETHING WOULD HAVE TO BE CUT ELSEWHERE, SURELY. I JUST CAN BELIEVE NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING. CAN’T TRUST A LIBERAL.
Gary Gross commented:
DeLauro’s husband is Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg. Couldn’t he have given her better advice than that?
Perhaps she should be the first person to receive that subsidy because it’s obvious she’s full of crap.
Patty commented:
Huggies baby shape….$54.00 for 40
Clothe…$17.00 for a dozen
Now, there are cheaper brands of disposable. But this is alarming and some of these companies are making a killing.
Patty commented:
#38 October 29, 2011 at 12:38 pm
Susan commented:
This is a typical progressive proposal….full of crap.
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Great choice of Words…LOL
Patty commented:
37
Freddy
another Pelosi
Tjexcite commented:
So which big diaper company is also a big democrat fundraiser. Will pampers or huggies be the state approved and eliminate other one.
gosh! commented:
Delauro already disposed 133,000 in taxpayers money to diaper-bank in connecticut run by joanne Goldblum……………………
Blackbird commented:
I honestly think they didn’t hear us last November. We drug them to the water and held their heads under and they would still prefer to politically drown or die of thirst rather than take a drink of sanity. So this is how a Republic dies, with cries of “we need free diapers” ringing in my ears. Cloward-Piven writ large.
Bad Actor commented:
Here’s an idea: Day care is for working mothers, right? So, these poor working mothers could opt to spend some of THEIR paycheck on diapers instead of the other things food stamps don’t buy – like cigarettes and booze. Take some personal responsibility for their actions.
If deLauro is meaning to give diapers to poor stay-at-home moms so they can take their kids to day care – what’s the point? So these slacking moms can sit on their butts at home without having to take care of their kids??? Geez. Liberals.
Bad Actor commented:
#47 Blackbird, you are absolutely right. Looks like we need to give them another lesson come November 2012. Some people are slow learners. Our republic isn’t dead yet – we out-number them – please don’t give up. We’re going to have to roll up our sleeves again and work hard to stop these idiots.
Bad Actor commented:
Oops, I meant #46 Blackbird.
Patty commented:
According to a study sponsored by Huggies diapers, one in three families struggle to provide diapers and one in 20 mothers have used reused wet or soiled disposable diapers. The maker of Huggies on Monday cut its sales outlook in the U.S. and other developed markets, citing a low birth rate due to the economic downturn.
But critics of the legislation say forcing taxpayers to pick up the tab is a misuse of already tight funds.
Now, some mothers will say that the clothe diapers sink to high heavens. pun is intended. I suppose they are too darn lazy to shake them out in a toilet and wrap in a bag. Better yet, pre soak them. The diaper companies are working on more environmentally friendly cloth diapers.
As someone here is making a killing the point still remains, why can’t mothers who receive so much aide from government cannot afford disposable or better yet, cloth.
One is many live is squalor. Our government is spent to the bone. And no matter what the democratic liberal says. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
The real shame is that these mothers are seeing the picture. Government has become a “NANNY STATE” And on the backs of the taxpayers who can barely keep their chin above water.
Bad Actor commented:
Sorry, Rep deLauro, you should have tried to ram this through last year when the Dems had control of both houses – probably not much chance this time. However, it will allow the Dems to say “Republicans want your kids to sit around in dirty diapers!” which probably was the point in the first place.
Patty commented:
Bad Actor
#51
Exactly, these are some sick individuals.
Swifty commented:
Once these folks use up their welfare debit card getting a steak and a bloomin’ onion at their local Outback, they surely will need help for their diaper needs. Where’s the compassion, folks? tic
Tom63010 commented:
Responding to a question whether this program will extend to senior citizens also Rosa DeLauro (D.-Conn.) responded “Depends”
Mr. Potato Head commented:
Are infants in free diapers future Occupooers?
Jimmy commented:
So, buy some cloth diapers (typically last through potty training) like I was raised on. Problem solved. OBTW, day care centers and baby sitters had no problem rinsing out the soiled diapers for mom’s to pick up at the end of the day…though I’m sure today it would be unheard of.
Seriously? A Diaper Bill? Even for a lefty looney tune this is a bad joke. Can you imagine such a law actually being applied to the US Code?!? If we aren’t a laughing stock now…..
Jimmy commented:
Disposable diapers are as bad as plastic water bottles and bags as far as I am concerned…get rid of them permanently…
Meg commented:
Stop buying cigarettes and beer and buy diapers for your baby. I paid for my diapers and so should everyone else. Geez!! What next?
Callipygian1 commented:
I never take anyone seriously who makes every effort to look like Mr. Spock with breasts.
Blackbird commented:
#58 October 29, 2011 at 3:11 pm
Meg commented:
Geez!! What next?
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Everything is next Meg, everything. Until they have reinvented Feudalism where the fruits of everyone’s labors are placed in their hand to dole out like manna from heaven, until they get to decide life and death itself, they will not be satisfied.
Jaimo commented:
We here in Connecticut call her Rosa DeUgly.
Bad Actor commented:
#62 Jaimo:
Absolutely! Why is it liberal women are all so ugly? I think it’s the hate of the American way of life, it rots them from the inside out.
bg commented:
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Obamabots:
“WE’RE ENTITLED TO BE ENTITLED”
well, as long as we’re on the receiving end, the government can steal
from the rich & redistribute the wealth until we’re all equal and on the
receiving end, oh wait..
how dumbed down are we?? *sigh*
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Lyrical_Liz commented:
Oh MY GOSH! You mean NO ONE Of any consequence could actually fathom cutting spending elsewhere for diapers while on welfare?!?!
I had to throw the sarcasm in. I raised my son ON WELFARE for five years buying his diapers with what money I received from welfare. Granted, back then there were no pretty cell phones to purchase, nor other ‘bling’ that would keep me from doing what was right, but I DID IT.
Now, that kid is 19 and on his way to college. After 5 years on welfare -1/2 of which was while I was going to tech school – I got a job where I made more in one month than I made in 6 months on welfare.
I’m not seeing how this is so hard to understand. I bought my own diapers. I also did one thing that set me apart from many others on welfare: I ONLY HAD ONE CHILD!!
Guess what, if you can’t afford to diaper your kid’s rump with the money they already give you? DON’T HAVE MORE! DUH!
RS commented:
Democrats in Congress already have this perk.
It’s only fair.
Molon Labe commented:
Does Barney Frank really need to have his diapers subsidized by the government? Hasn’t he stolen enough from the American public?
Arkady967 commented:
State, county, township, or local charities if the need truly exists. The Federal government has no business there.
DONNA commented:
THIS IS SO ABSURD! LEAVE IT TO THE DEMOCRATS TO COME UP WITH ANOTHER LAME IDEA THAT WILL FURTHER DESTROY OUR ECONOMY!!!!!
Robynne commented:
I don’t understand this.
So basically, this bill is to make it easier for working parents? They don’t have to buy EXTRA diapers for their child when the child is in daycare?
How are the children going through more diapers at the daycare than at home?
My family is struggling right now, and diapers are expensive. But I don’t think the government should hand me diapers. That should be the first thing you buy when you get paid, or receive your TANF or whatever.