Do You Know How Many Documentaries Michael Moore Could Make for 1.5 Billion Dollars? (Or How Georgie-Boy Saved My Marriage)

Today, George Dubya promoted his plans to start a 1.5 Billion Dollar program to provide premarital counseling to the underprivileged in order to promote strong marital bonds in the United State. Pardon me, stronger heterosexual marital bonds. The money would go to government as well as faith-based agencies. This move probably seems like a wonderful thing when viewed through rose-tinted spectacles of the religious right. But what about the more pragmatic members of our citizenry? Does this make sense to them?

Being the selfish, egotistical bastard I know I can be, I'm going to put this in a personal perspective. Now, I've been engaged for a long time. Paris Hilton wasn't even famous when I got engaged, if you can imagine that. With no wedding date set in sight, Carmel and I should be prime candidates for some government sponsored premarital counseling. (I haven't had my privilege levels tested recently, but I think I'm running a little. I might be underprivileged.)

However, I know that if Carm and I do not make it work out in the end, I will not be saying "What more could my government have done to say my relationship?" I know that as long they don't end up deporting her, I will not be blaming any of the Washington bigwigs for splitting us up. However, if I somehow manage to retire one day and there are no more funds for Social Security, well then the President and I are going to have words. Maybe we could just add the 1.5 Billion back into Social Security.

Maybe the 1.5 Billion can put towards more practical uses to help young couples. How about more sex education for the underprivileged? Throw in some free condoms and you might stem some of those unwanted pregnancies that led to some ill-conceived marriages.

How about 1.5 Billion towards stemming the flow of jobs overseas - so hubby and wife won't have to fight over mortgage payments when both are left jobless?

How about this? Just buy 1.5 Million Newlywed couples a thousand lottery tickets each. I bet that statistically more marriages would be saved than the proposed program.

Or I could just be bitter - being deprived of any marital bliss.

wojr  ¶ 3:53 PM