GWB states SCHIP program = Federalization. Does his pro-corporate coddling = Federalized care of the wealthy?

Question

... not to mention his tax cuts which heavily benefit the wealthiest Americans.

It's easy to shut out poor kids when your own little darlings are well cared for, huh cons?

Republicans: we'll concede the wealthy will vote for you in '08. You can have them. We'll remind the poor and middle classes how you really care for their kids. The right to Health care is a basic human right of every single American.

Answer 1

The GOP is not for the wealthy. That is a stereotype. The GOP is the party of morals, values, and self responsibility.

The GOP has the conservative vote, the middle class vote, and the 'wealthy' vote. I think that is all they need to win the White House and continue the path we are on now.

Answer 2

Your point is well taken. We have had corporate welfare in this country for a long time. It's not just the Republicans but also the Democrats that have been doing this. The odd thing about the GWB veto of the SCHIP program is that many corporations are in favor of it. His veto only shows this administration's inabilitly to hear other voices even voices in their own Republican party. However, the working poor in this country need to begin to realize that if they give their votes away on single issues like abortion or guns or gay rights then their own future and the future of their children will continue to suffer a loss of the American Dream while the wealthy will continue to be safe and secure. Many many laws are passed to protect and assist large corporations and it's only talked about as "good for business" which may not be true and when we pass laws that help working class people it is talked about as "socialism" or a hand-out and that it discourages independence. Since FDR and continuing for at least a generation after WW II we had programs in effect that helped promote the middle class and the working class and America became even stronger than it had ever been and the standard of living became the envy of all the world. However, the very rich declined as a percentage of the population while the middle class increased. The wealthy didn't like that. So now we have corporate welfare that is disguised as "pro-business" while the standard of living for working class Americans declines when adjusted for inflation and compared to percentage of GNP to 30 years ago when the average CEO made 5-10 times the wage of the average worker in his plant instead of 450 times as it is today. The lack of affordable quality health care for everyone in this country is a way of trapping people and limiting their options. We should have a strong CHIP program and health care for everyone and that would go a long way towards restoring democracy and the American Dream in the good ole USA.

Answer 3

While health care may be a basic human right it is not the federal governments responsibility to pay for it and it certainly not my responsibility to pay for someone else's kids, I have my own kids that I have had to raise and I did so mostly out of pocket until I got a job that had medical benefits.

I do not want to be taxed by the federal government to pay for any type of health care, this despite the reality that I have heart problems that I will have to deal with when I retire in a couple of years and a universal health care system would benefit me. Why should I burden America with my medical problems? I already have to pay taxes to the state for state sponsored welfare and medical, enough is enough.

The bill that was vetoed would provide health care to persons that make less than $80,000 per year and that are under 30 years old, is an 18 year old a child? is a 25 year old a child?
is $80,000 to little to afford insurance.

My guess is that all of you that are complaining about Bush's veto would benefit directly from the bills passage and that you could really care less about someone else's kids as long as you get your cut of the action.

Edit Note to Europa:
The $8 billion was not "Just lost" it was lost in 2004, you need to be more truthful in your answers

Answer 4

awaken. Medicaid grow to be as quickly as the only determination for the undesirable. look at how severe priced this methodology IS. how undesirable won't be able to get get entry to to alot of docs splendid away. how young ones won't be able to get habitual dental care. that's a central authority well being PLAN. so how is extensive-unfold well being care going to be greater useful ??????? everyone, consisting of the middle type, gets over-priced sub-high quality care ?????? Medicaid: won't pay for enamel restorations (purely the cheap metallic caps). braces, probable not. and in Ohio, what SCHIP will conceal on the instant would not be the case while your toddler has the surgical operation 3 months down the line. Oh, however the liberals say everyone has the sumptuous to well being care. undesirable have already got it, and that they are used to sucky service. Why not do what our forefathers did. The time you're taking to protest the government you may protest how companies have abandoned workers and worker rights to reward. The Wal-Marts of usa understand they don't could pay plenty, nor grant much less costly income programs. heck, on what they pay the worker can bypass splendid from payroll workplace to the welfare workplace to get the unfastened government reward. greater income for the business enterprise!! purely look at CEO pay interior the final 20 yrs. workers on the instant whine to the government, workers of the day gone by took their combat to the streets. They walked off their interest and went on strike stressful honest reward for the staff PAID with the help of the business enterprise, not Uncle Sam. what a shame we've become.

Answer 5

SCHIP is already funding the health care for the children of the illegal aliens in this country.

Why don't we spend some of that 20 billion dollars on finding out who is legal and who isn't and send them back to where they came from for their health care.

And as for financing this program with a 60 cent tax on a pack of cigarettes is nuts. Bill Richardson tried that in New Mexico when he first became Governor and for some reason smoking dropped by 30%. Good for the health of smokers bad for funding a program. Now they are back looking for more money and they want the Federal government to be the tax collector so it won't hurt their image back home.

Answer 6

READ THIS CAREFULLY!!

Socialism refers to a broad array of doctrines or political movements that envisage a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to control by the community for the purposes of increasing social and economic equality and cooperation. This control may be either direct exercised through popular collectives such as workers' councils or indirect exercised on behalf of the people by the state. As an economic system, socialism is often characterized by state or community ownership of the means of production.(pay most of what you work for Uncle Sam)

Capitalism generally refers to an economic system in which the means of production are all or mostly privately owned and operated for profit, and in which investments, distribution, income, production and pricing of goods and services are determined through the operation of a market economy. (Keep what you make except that little for Uncle Sam)

think i am kidding? go see what the Germans and french pay for taxes. they have the same thing our lady Hilary, democrats and some republicans is proposing(now add the coperate intrest for the illegal immigrants who DONT pay taxes). then tell me, who exactly does the weight fall on? YES, you, the taxpayer.

oh and remenber, there is also an $8trillion deficit.

ok look. we both went to Yale University, we have our degrees, you get a job that pays like $75,000. BUT i dont. i go out in faith, i take the risk and i become a Billionare. Now there is a health care problem. i can afford it, and you cant. Now put yourself in my shoes. would you want the Govt. to force you to pay for the health, even if you do care about me or not?

Answer 7

Did you get a tax cut? I would guess so since EVERYONE did. Not just the "wealthy". The SCHIP program is a problem because of the way it is funded. It is funded through tax increases. You do realize that any program funded by the government uses tax dollars, right?

And every American has the right to health care. If you go to the hospital, they must treat you as a matter of law. Do a little research, don't just spout talking points.

Answer 8

We have the right to basic health care. Pouring tons of government collected money into the health industry won't fix any problems. The question is why does it cost so much. The same question can be asked about education. Rather than throwing more money at a problem without fixing it why not ask what causes the problem in the first place.

Answer 9

the third responder is an idiot, most of the poor are turned away in emergency departments or get inferior care ( I worked in an ER until I couldnt stand the lack of care anymore provided to the poorest of the poor). The sad part is not that the wealthy know where their bread is buttered, its the millions of drones who think the issue is "Al Gore's gonna take my gun' or ' John Kerry is for gay marriage' now it will be ' democrats are soft on illegal immigration'- smoke and mirrors to confuse the sheep,.

80 percent of americans believe in angels, according to surveys!!!

When we PRE-EMPTIVELY invaded a countryin which:
1. we controlled the skies!!, no fly zones north and south
2. they had no DELIVERY SYSTEM, they couldnt reach US with any missile system , lol, they could barely hit Israel with a scud.
3 we trained Iraqi's in past and turned on them, I know they were pilots in training in south carolina when i was stationed there years ago!
4. we are are in the business of IMPLANTING dictators warm to us , not de-throning unless it suits our interests, the US cares about the oil , not poor Iraqi's .........

Many Americans are sheep and thats the reason republicans can continue to win.........

The tax cuts mentioned are a joke too, states all absorbed larger burdens passed on to their constituents, not to mention greater hidden taxes on gas, food, home purchases.....
I only hope the gullible lot wake up soon

Answer 10

I doubt that Edwards, Kennedy, or Kerry will vote for a Republican.

The "right to health care at the expense of others" is not in the Constitution that I have. But limits on federalization are.

Answer 11

8 billion just LOST in Iraq.... but don't help kids! God forbid!

My son has a permanent disability. To get him help, I literally had to quit my job and get Medicaid. Had this program been available, I would have continued to be a tax paying citizen. I had no choice. I couldn't afford $500 more for insurance that wouldn't even cover my sons needs- and Medicaid covered everything. I was never "proud" about getting that assistance, but I love my son and had to do that to get him help.