ECONJEFF: Planned parenthood

I sure wish the Republicans could focus on what is important, which is the fiscal crisis. Instead, even now, there is time and political energy for symbolic anti-abortion politics.

Expenditures on planned parenthood almost by definition reduce future government expenditures on schools, TANF, SNAP, WIC, and, further in the future, prisons. That is not the place to be cutting.

Get serious people.