They’ve shown us who they are No, I’m not going to quote Maya Angelou yet again. You can read the quote on the back of your eyelids by now. Anchorage Daily News: Wasilla Republican Rep. David Eastman sparked outrage online after asking whether there could be economic benefits from the death of abused children. Eastman asked a series of questions during a MondayHouse Judiciary Committee hearing on adverse childhood experiences — such as physical and sexual abuse on children or growing up in a household marred by domestic violence — and how they can negatively affect a person throughout their lives. As part of the presentation, documents given to legislators estimated that when child abuse is fatal, it could cost the family and broader society $1.5 million in terms of trauma and what the child could potentially have earned over their lifetime. Eastman said that he had heard an argument, on occasion, that when child abuse is fatal, it could economically benefit a society. “It can be argued, periodically, that it’s actually a cost savings because that child is not going to need any of those government services that they might otherwise be entitled to receive and need based on growing up in this type of environment,” he said. Just after admonishing his disciples In Matthew 6 not to make a public show of piety, and after teaching them The Lord’s Prayer, and immediately after reminding them not to be hypocrites, Jesus instructs: 19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and…