Congress' SCHIP plan would have been funded entirely by a tax on cigarettes. In other words, it would have both discouraged smoking while providing health care to American children whose families have difficulty affording it. So let's check the facts. Conservatives:
Support the current US health care system, which the WHO has ranked #37 in the world.
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/15/1198/
http://www.photius.com/rankings/healthranks.html
Oppose providing government health care to children.
Oppose taxing cigarettes to provide that health care.
Many oppose all abortions, even when the mother's health and life are at risk.
Many support the Iraq War, which has led to over 650,000 deaths, including many American troops.
Could it be that conservatives are simply anti-health?
2007-10-05
08:29:42
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