Stop using kids to raise taxes

Everybody wants healthy kids, right? And we all gain from a growing low-tax economy and the better jobs and higher wages that usually result. So why are Democrats in Congress using kids to raise taxes?

Congress is debating reauthorization of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) this week. Although SCHIP doesn’t work well in getting kids covered with good health insurance and there are better free-market solutions to do the job, Democrats want to expand the $35 billion program by at least $60 billion over five years.