GOP thinks diapers are too fancy for poor babies. (Use Safeway plastic bags instead)

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/04/samantha-bee-eviscerates-gop-lawmakers-who-think-diapers-are-too-fancy-for-poor-babies/

 there’s anything the rapper Eminem should have taught the world it’s the fact that diapers are considered a luxury item. “And I can’t provide the right type of life for my family; ‘Cause man, these goddamn food stamps don’t buy diapers,” he says in his song “Lose Yourself.” There’s a reason for that: Republican politicians want to punish women for having sex.

In this week’s “Full Frontal,” host Samantha Bee addressed President Barack Obama’s plan he launched at the conference SXSW to coordinate diaper makers, logistics companies and internet companies to “make bulk purchases of diapers so that they can distribute them to low income moms,” Obama explains.

Eminem explained the problem, but there was a bill proposed in Congress by Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) to fix the food stamp regulations that put diapers in the same category as cigarettes, liquor and pet food. The problem with that bill, however, is that Congress doesn’t pass bills anymore.

“Diapers are like fine whiskey,” Bee explains. “They’re expensive and it’s impossible to parent effectively without them.” Yet, you’d be surprised at how many people don’t think about the importance of providing an adequate place to dispose of baby poop.

When California attempted to pass its own version of the “baby diaper bill,” people jumped at the opportunity to show babies just how much excrement adults can come up with. State house member Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield), for example, told the local news it wasn’t the state’s responsibility to care about babies. “Look, you whiny babies,” Bee explains. “If you didn’t want to wallow in your own filth like a Dickensian orphan, you shouldn’t have chosen poor parents. It’s called ‘personal responsibility.'”