Ridiculous in New Mexico

Here's one that ought to get you fuming...

A divorced mother of 3 with one child from the marriage in question. She receives Social Security for the older two as a result of their father's death. Father of the third child makes well over $100,000/year. When the mother needs childcare, the State of NM picks up the tab due to the mother's extraordinarily low income. On the father's days he is responsible for paying for the daycare. So when the mother has the child, we the taxpayers of NM are footing the bill. It gets worse than that... The same goes for medical care. When the mother takes the child in, Medicaid picks up the tab. When the father takes him in, his insurance covers it and he pays a copay. What kind of crazy system is this? This divorced and single father with only one child isn't required to pay for the medical or daycare needs of his child, even though his income EXCEEDS $100,000/year. No wonder NM taxes are so high, the second highest in the nation!

Adding It All Up

Has everyone paid attention to all the trillions that seem to be adding up?

First, $750 billion for the bank bailout (not including interest)
$800+ billion for the pork, uh stimulus bill (over a trillion with interest)
another $400+ billion just passed by Pelosi and crew
another $634+ billion health care reform just proposed by Obama
then there is the 3.75 trillion dollar proposed budget for FY 2010 (starting in July). That is estimated to have a deficit of 1.75 trillion.

I am left speechless...