A Question for Tommy D.

While reading Tom DeLay's Farewell Address I paused when I came to the shameless plug for his feel-good tear-jerking agenda of saving the orphans. Don't get me wrong, the thought of more effectively and efficiently placing foster children in loving, competent, and permanent homes both makes me feel good and jerks a tear from my eye. However, given the list of ailments of the current system, I am finding it difficult to imagine the conservative remedy that DeLay would have us administer. How will a policy pay for "the meaningful child monitoring services" or "background checks for prospective foster parents" which DeLay calls for, while at the same time cutting taxes and shrinking the size of the government which DeLay and his conservative party calls for? I don't know. Will allocating less money to those over burdened courts who are charged with overseeing of our nation's foster children actually result in better case management of the orphans by these courts. Probably not. And another thing, DeLay acts like there are good loving, god fearing, tax paying families ready to take on the enormous challenge and commitment of adopting a child around ever corner. This would be nice, and then perhaps removing some of the governmental "red tape" would be in order so that the process could be streamlined. But unfortunately, it's hard to find good foster parents which makes it expensive. This is why it takes a liberal to find the funding for it.