Gavin Newsom’s ‘free diaper’ plan mocked after it’s revealed taxpayers will be footing a much more expensive bill

California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced a partnership with the nonprofit Baby2Baby with plans to give every newborn delivered in participating hospitals 400 diapers for free — but there’s a catch.

The diapers aren’t actually free, and in fact, they’re actually much more expensive.

“Having free diapers for kids sounds wonderful, right?” BlazeTV host Stu Burguiere asks.

“It does, but I’m guessing that they cost three times as much as buying them at the store,” co-host Dave Landau comments.

And Dave is almost right.

In a post on X, Peter Basios broke down Newsom’s $20 million dollar plan, arguing that it would be cheaper to give “every low-income new mom $100 cash and [tell] her to go to Costco.”

“100,000 babies × 400 diapers = 40 million diapers,” Basios wrote. “$20,000,000 ÷ 40,000,000 = $0.50 per diaper. Now walk into any Costco in California and you can buy the same quality diapers for .12 to .15 cents each!”

“That’s $48 to $60 for 400 diapers,” he continued. “So the state is paying 8-10x more per diaper than a regular family buying in bulk.”

“He is saving you money by charging you four times for the diaper cost,” Dave jokes.

“We took it out of your taxes, but they’re free,” he adds.

Newsom’s wife is also reportedly linked to the nonprofit.

“You have to just say, from a stance of just being fortunate and things falling in the right place, what a great thing that all of this extra money that’s going to this organization just happens to benefit his wife,” Stu says.

“It’s almost like it’s racketeering," Dave comments, adding, “in the sense that it is.”

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