A part of the proposed legislation is for the government to provide lifetime veterinary services.


Looong history of animal cruelty laws

http://www.animallaw.info/historical/articles/ovushistory.htm



While child labor laws were passed, laws addressing child abuse were not passed until 1962

http://family.findlaw.com/child-abuse/child-abuse-background-and-history.html


I am not suggesting animals should not be protected, just pointing out a disturbing prioritization.

It's very interesting. The author talked with Ralph Waldo Emmerson Dunham- Obama's great uncle. He said that they are distantly related to Jefferson Davis. What poetic justice!!
Aside from that, I am learning that their family is unusually well educated. The great uncle mentioned above has a PhD. in educational psychology. There are two aunts who studied Anthropology.
She also included a lot of interesting history about Kansas to provide some context. "To the stars through difficulties" is the KS state motto.