When the Congressional Budget Office released its cost estimate for the Senate’s immigration bill, pro-amnesty Republicans excitedly promoted the CBO’s conclusion that S.744 would reduce federal budget deficits by $197 billion through 2023.
These same Republicans were less enthusiastic when the CBO released a cost estimate of the House bill to ban abortions from being performed 20 weeks or more after fertilization. The CBO found that H.R. 1797 would add to federal budget deficits. Here is their reasoning:
So basically what the CBO is saying is that aborting Americans is a boon to the country’s bottom line since the federal government doesn’t have to pick up the tab for childbirth and children’s health care. Doubling our immigration is also a boon to America’s bottom line since most immigrants come to the country not only already born, but also ready to work.
If reducing federal budget deficits were someone’s goal then, the ideal public policy would be to legalize and promote abortion-on-demand while also opening our borders. That way we could maximize cheap abortions, minimize costly births, while still keeping a steady flow of new taxpayers.
Thankfully no conservative is actually advocating this.
