Isn't it great that Bush took away healthcare from poor children, just like Jesus would do?

Answer 1

You seem misinformed. Bush took nothing away. He vetoed a major expansion in an already existing program. I wonder if Jesus would use children's health for political purposes like the Democrats are doing. that is truly despicable.......

Answer 2

The Democrats who control Congress, with significant support from Republicans, passed the legislation to add $35 billion over five years to allow an additional 4 million children into the program. It would be funded by raising the federal cigarette tax by 61 cents to $1 per pack.

The president had promised to veto it, saying the Democratic bill was too costly, took the program too far from its original intent of helping the poor, and would entice people now covered in the private sector to switch to government coverage. He wants only a $5 billion increase in funding.


Let's underscore that last sentence. Bush doesn't want to end S-CHIP, nor does he want to freeze its funding level. He wanted to increase funding to the program, but Democrats wanted to increase it seven times more than Bush's proposal -- and they wanted to slap a highly regressive tax onto the public to fund it. In effect, the Democrats wanted to take money from the poor to subsidize health insurance for middle-class children

Answer 3

OK, clarification. He did not took away the healthcare from Children he did not extend the program.

So please stop calling this a complete shut down of the program.

What Bush did is not to increase the funding for the program from existing levels. Democrats are playing this as if the entire project is canceled.

Ask yourself would you like to pay extra 5000 a year in taxes. I would not I am paying for my children, I pay taxes, my income is not going up why should I pay more?

Answer 4

Oops! You blew that one. Intelligent people say, "If you're going to vote, stay out of the Bushes." George Bush and Jesus shouldn't be mentioned in the same topic. Bush has no compassion for the poor whether they are children or adults. Jesus has compassion for the poor and He is also The Healer; His healthcare has always been free.

Answer 5

Bush has never liked the CHIPS program as he showed when he was governor of Texas. But the Democrats played into his hands by an explosive expansion of the program to a lot of people who wouldn't have been eligible before. And they financed it on the backs of smokers, who grow fewer and fewer all the time and will eventually make the funds come from the federal government. Had they not done that, he wouldn't have been able to get away with vetoing it.

Answer 6

While i almost never agree with Bush on anything I would have to back him on this. I don't know any " poor " children whose parents make over 40k a year. It needs to be revamped.

Answer 7

Poor children??? Like 23 year old Anthony, whose family makes ~$70,000 a year.

And can you please cite the part of the Bible where Jesus advocated or even condoned government mandated wealth redistribution schemes? As far as I knew, he mostly supported personal charity and giving, not forced confiscation.

BTW, SCHIP is still funded, it just hasn't been expanded by $35 billion a year. Try to keep up.

Answer 8

He vetoed the bill because the democrats are taking the CHIP program far from its original intention of helping children whose families made to much to qualify for medicaid but couldnt afford private insurance. If they stuck to the principles of the program rather than trying to expand it to cover kids whose parents should be able to afford private insurance, he never would have vetoed it.

Answer 9

I think that $82,000 dollars a year and still be able to get health insurance for free is absurd especially since poor people who can't afford health insurance don't always get it. If your going to cover those kinds of people then you should cover everybody.

Answer 10

Took away health care,,, LOL .. you trolls can't even read can you? Did you even read the bill? do you know what the veto was about? No, I doubt you got passed "Bush Vetoed".