Columnist Peter Schrag is a California Treasure

Peter Schrag is a California treasure, an egalitarian, knowing what is good for all Californians. As he wrote about SB 752 “as soon as someone in the Capitol proposes something hopeful … the party of fear rises up” to block “the state (from providing) the beginning of a savings account to every California newborn,” mainly because the party of fear does not want to include the children (American-born) of illegal aliens. “How dumb. Those kids, a minority of newborns, are going to be here regardless. In an environment in which the Legislature generates lots of screwball ideas … Senate Bill 752 would be a real innovation.” Imprisoning a person costs $41,574 each year. $500 at birth as seed money for a productive life seems quite reasonable.

Schrag continues, “When hope raises its timid head, punishment beats it down. When the highest priorities of a major political party are punishing the minority of Americans who happen to be kids of illegal immigrants and throwing more people in jail, hope goes to the back of the bus.” Is the plantation mentality so strong in the Party of Fear it still puts many Californians in back of the bus? Kudos, Mr. Peter Schrag!