Why do Dems waste money on rich kids when they are supposed to be helping the truly poor?
2007-09-28 05:36:50 · 9 answers · asked by Duminos 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
What would it take to respect a party that supports a program like that?
2007-09-28 05:37:34 · update #1
Sorry... the rich kid gets SUBSIDIZED healthcare --- not "free."
2007-09-28 05:38:13 · update #2
Henry,
I encourage you to get access to the internet and get caught up to speed.
PA says "we cover all kids"! It is a subsidized program. No rich person has to pay more than $150 per month per kid for healthcare. Why? The extra cost is subsidized!
2007-09-28 05:46:12 · update #3
Maybe he has been hanging around Washington too much, learning from the republicans & they all take care of their rich friends, so what can't he?
I am a democrat & if this is true, & if I lived in his state, I would object. $400K is a bit much to have anything subsidized. Can you state where you got this info? Or, are you just another dem basher, out for a day of fun?
2007-09-28 05:56:58 · answer #1 · answered by fairly smart 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I object to it too! Why do we have to pay for rich kids because their parents don't want to buy health insurance? We've had subsidized health care--CHIP--for poor kids in Pennsylvania since Ridge, a Republican, put it into practice. Rich parents should take care of their own so those who are desperate for help can get it.
Rendell may be able to afford it, but he's not paying for it; WE ARE!
I can be your source right here because I live in Pennsylvania and have all my life. My father worked with Rendell when he was in the Philadelphia DA's office as a brand new ADA and we've had him for DA and mayor. You're right on the money.
2007-09-28 12:45:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since when are rich kids getting subsedized or free healthcare? If that is in PA that is PA's business but nationally we are asking for children of poor households and those of modest means to be allowd to have decent health care which they are unable to obtain because of the laws that say their parents make too much under poverty level standards but not enough to afford to buy healthcare.
Your charge that Dems are wasting money on rich kids which is unsubstantiated by you. Until we get a link or something from a reliable source it is difficult to impossible to believe it. Things aren't so because YOU say they are. We need evidence.
2007-09-28 12:43:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
"Free" or "subsidized" health care for well-to-do families is morally reprehensible. If a family can afford private health insurance and medical care, they should be expected to provide it for themselves.
It's the poor, indigent, destitute and low-incomed workers who need - and deserve - free or subsidized health care.
If, indeed, Bush objected to this, it is absolutely the first time I've agreed with anything he had to say. -RKO- 09/28/07
2007-09-28 12:42:06 · answer #4 · answered by -RKO- 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I doubt Bush objects to anything a State does.
Why should he care what PA does.
2007-09-28 13:08:51 · answer #5 · answered by jeeper_peeper321 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Governor Rendell can afford it. After all he did initially refuse to give back all the money that convict Normal Hsu donated to his campaign. He gave it away to charity eventually, but still said Hsu was "one of the ten best people I've ever met".
2007-09-28 12:41:20 · answer #6 · answered by reaganite27 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Where is your source? If the government instruments savings such as being able to bargain prices with drug suppliers (which Bush opposes because of Pharma contributors), then the savings should be passed on to every citizen, not just the poor!!!
2007-09-28 12:41:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
Why does the Govt spend billions every year on the WIC program when most of the people are making big bucks?!~!
2007-09-28 12:41:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋
Perhaps it would be in everyone's best interest if EVERYONE was afforded free health care. Period.
2007-09-28 12:42:14 · answer #9 · answered by rare2findd 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋