An Early Test for Lawmakers (NYT)

principle : only unearned benefits supported

in this case by a vast transfer of wealth to doctors

it's important that the poor don't get the money

their job is to be poor

everybody else's job is to be poor, too

then the left is safe from mockery

Depriving children of adequate health care while giving the rich tax benefits that were intended for average Americans is flat-out wrong, and Congress must move quickly to prevent that.