Whatever will we do without a Drowning Prevention Team?

Damocles said:
Why do you think the Federal Government needs to be in on drowning prevention? Do you think they should create a National Lifeguard Bureau and send them in to your bathroom to make sure your baby doesn't drown?
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CDC

CDC works 24/7 to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S.

Also: The cuts come at a perilous moment. Drowning deaths rose during the pandemic, hitting 4,300 in 2023, the most recent data, compared to around 4,000 in 2019. They rose even more among the youngest children, ages 1 to 4, for whom drowning is the No. 1 cause of death — numbers published by the soon-to-be-terminated team.

Well see how the States fare.
 
Teflon Don said:

This is the kind of shit the federal gobblement should not be spending money on. Oh the JPP Marxists will cry about it, but this needs to be chopped


Now come on Scowlwoman, come give me the middle finger. I command you to do it. Do my bidding
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Get real. You can't even command your own bowels, shit-stain.

I'd ask you to fuck yourself, but your dick's to tiny to reach your own asshole, bitch. Go fuck yourself.
 
AProudLefty said:
CDC

CDC works 24/7 to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S.

Also: The cuts come at a perilous moment. Drowning deaths rose during the pandemic, hitting 4,300 in 2023, the most recent data, compared to around 4,000 in 2019. They rose even more among the youngest children, ages 1 to 4, for whom drowning is the No. 1 cause of death — numbers published by the soon-to-be-terminated team.

Well see how the States fare.
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Drowning is not a disease. This isn't something the Federal Government needs to participate in, there is no way they can make it better through Federalism.
 
AProudLefty said:
Because parents are dumb I'd suspect.
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You can't fix stupid. This is one proof of that:

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Yakuda said:
What's the reason the federal govt needs to be involved with it? You needs the feds the wild your ass too? You assholes thing the govt is the answer to event fucking situation.
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Ask the parent of a drowned child whether they think more involvement is bad?

There are adults who cannot swim (which defies explanation).

Drowning is the leading cause of death for children ages 1 - 4.
It is the second leading cause of unintentional/accidental death for children ages 5 - 14.

On an average year, 4,000 people die from drowning. That is one every 11 minutes.



Yeah, I have no problem spending a tiny portion of my taxes on this.
 
WinterBorn said:
Ask the parent of a drowned child whether they think more involvement is bad?
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You haven't shown either that this particular government spending has any actual bearing on any child safety. You are one of those totally naive people, like AProudLefty, who believes that any bill that is simply CALLED "The Clean Water for Everyone Act" must absolutely be about somehow providing clean water for everyone. You are gullible. As such, you ignorantly support wasteful spending of all types ... in bliss.
WinterBorn said:
Yeah, I have no problem spending a tiny portion of my taxes on this.
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Just because of the name. Too funny!
 
IBDaMann said:
You haven't shown either that this particular government spending has any actual bearing on any child safety. You are one of those totally naive people, like AProudLefty, who believes that any bill that is simply CALLED "The Clean Water for Everyone Act" must absolutely be about somehow providing clean water for everyone. You are gullible. As such, you ignorantly support wasteful spending of all types ... in bliss.

Just because of the name. Too funny!
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I doubt the spending is anything more than a drop in the bucket of the federal budget.

If you are more worried about spending, maybe look at cutting the bloated defense budget.
 
WinterBorn said:
Ask the parent of a drowned child whether they think more involvement is bad?

There are adults who cannot swim (which defies explanation).

Drowning is the leading cause of death for children ages 1 - 4.
It is the second leading cause of unintentional/accidental death for children ages 5 - 14.

On an average year, 4,000 people die from drowning. That is one every 11 minutes.



Yeah, I have no problem spending a tiny portion of my taxes on this.
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Ugggg...

You can't fix stupid. Do you see the picture of the 5-gallon bucket I posted above? The Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) back in the late 90's found that 9 to 13 small children fall in one of those buckets containing liquid and drown each year. They proposed to have manufacturers put crossed plastic sticks across the bucket opening to prevent this. This was estimated to cost about $10 to $20 billion a year in additional costs to make those buckets resulting in (at the time) about a 1% increase in inflation.

Manufacturers were opposed on the basis of the cost not being justified. Users said the crossed sticks would interfere with their use of the bucket and they'd just bust and remove them. The CPSC proposed to make that illegal to prevent it.

Because of the sheer volume of pushback and negative comments on this idea they received, they compromised and agreed to have manufacturers put the warning label you see on those buckets. Today, 9 to 13 children fall in one of those buckets and drown. The warning label has proven worthless. But, by god, the safety nuts made manufacturers put it on the buckets!

Oh, if the average number of people that die from drowning in a year is 4000, that's one every 2 hours 11 minutes, not 11 minutes.

I have a problem spending money on something that doesn't work. A federal--federal--program to prevent drowning isn't needed because it doesn't work. In fact, until this thread, I didn't even know this program existed. My problem is that there are lots and lots of programs that cost, relatively, a nickel each that add up to billions thrown away every year.

Yes, you can be too safe. Next time you get in a car look at all the safety warnings telling you that the airbags--a supposed safety device--in the car could kill you or your child. I don't see that as a good safety device.
 
WinterBorn said:
I doubt the spending is anything more than a drop in the bucket of the federal budget.

If you are more worried about spending, maybe look at cutting the bloated defense budget.
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Or the even more bloated social / welfare programs that eat up about 65% of the federal budget today.
 
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