Stealing From Ebola to Fight Zika

Nobody should be surprised when the present House of Representatives, dominated by penurious reactionaries, produces a stingy response to a danger that calls for compassionate largess.

But for sheer fecklessness it’s hard to top the House’s response this week to the Zika virus.

The salient feature is that in providing money to fight one health menace, it steals from other funds meant…

Source: Stealing From Ebola to Fight Zika – The New York Times