Clinton: $5,000 for every U.S. baby

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

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[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Dis-f**king-asterous.  There is no way in hell I will ever vote for Hillary unless she takes this proposal off the table.

She clearly has no concept of inflation, little grasp on how people actually behave—a gigantic, government-funded savings account would be a DISincentive to save on your own, and little respect for the voters if she really thinks we're dumb enough to swallow this garbage as a legit proposal.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

This equals about $2 billion a year. Seems like a lot, but the US is blowing a lot more on dumber things (the Iraq War comes to mind...)

You're missing a power of ten.  It's $20 billion.

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"I think it's a wonderful idea," said Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, an Ohio Democrat who attended the event and has already endorsed Clinton. "Every child born in the United States today owes $27,000 on the national debt, why not ^make it $32,000 so they can buy a car when they turn 18? let them come get $5,000 to grow until they're 18?"

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

The only problem with this plan is that it doesn't include babies born overseas to at least one U.S. resident.

And the massive spike in inflation that will occur 18 years following the plan's implementation.  That could be a problem too.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

This is the norm in European countries, this isn't weird.

Good.  You pay for it, then.