What do you think of Bush last veto?

Answer 1

I am glad anytime the expansion of government is halted.

Answer 2

Ok, for those of you that obviously don't understand why he used the Veto power here it is.

Lets get one thing perfectly clear. Bush said that he was more than willing to sign a continuation bill even if they slightly expanded the program.

The four main reasons why he used the veto.

#1) For an average family of five (2 parents and 3 kids) the maximum wage that could be earned by the family and still qualify for the program would have been raised to $72,000 per year. If a family is earning that much they can more than afford the cost of health insurance payments through their company.

#2) They changed the age range of those who would qualify to include anyone 25 and under. The last time I checked the legal age for an adult was 18. That means that the govenment would pick up the tab for your health care coverage for the first 25% of your life.

#3) the estimated cost of the expansion for this program is $35 billion per year. Thats an estimate and the cost could be a heck of a lot more than that.

#4) The expansion of this program would have allowed illegals to use the program.

I dont know about any of you folks, but I don't have a problem paying for KIDS that need the coverage assuming their parents can't afford private coverage.

I refuse to pay for a bunch of adults to be in this program. The punks can go to work and pay for their own coverage assuming the company they go to work for doesnt provide it to them for free as many employers will.

I am also not willing to let a bunch of law breakin illegals suck even more money out of the US!

Answer 3

It is one of the few things that I think George Bush got right. Americans need to stop looking to the government for everything. Health care should be the individuals responsibility. Why should smokers(mostly working class people or people with limited incomes) be asked to yet again pay more in taxes so people earning more than adequate income have their children insured? While I'm not a smoker I find the whole notion of a sin tax disgusting. If the liberals want to tax something to pay for child health care- at least tax some of the thousands of products that harm children's health - like fast food, sugar cereals, soft drinks, etc. Better yet, how about reforming the health care system - other nations manage this on lest wealth than we have.

Answer 4

Read about it. If passed, the bill would have provided government medical to "children" under 26 to families with less then $85,000 income. The additional amount of people covered would reduce the compensation for those that really need it (young children from poor families).

I think that this may be the only thing President Bush got right.

Answer 5

I think the SCHIP veto going to haunt the GOP in the '08 Congressional and Presidential elections.

Especially after Bush asked for an additional $70 billion (on top of the $120 billion already being spent) to wage the very unpopular war in Iraq.

The Dems are going to play this for all it's worth and they would be stupid not to. I'm sure Howard Dean, et. al. is already making TV commercials with poor sick children.

Answer 6

Well, it's going to go against him. But as in all veto's you have to see why he vetoed it. He says it will encourage more people to receive health care for their kids in wealthier families and would displace private insurance for many. Maybe he's onto something. But with his track record on child care assistants, he already looks bad. Right or wrong, this will make him look worse.

Answer 7

Bush is a brat. He could have conferenced with the Senators and made a few compromises. They would have made a couple of modifications to suit him. That is how these disputes were handled in times past, back when our government actually worked, and when mature adults ran the White House.

Answer 8

Glad he did, it was a wise decision. The bill was flawed, raising the poverty level to over $80,000 and the age of a child to 25. There are already provisions in place for health care - just ask the illegals- we don't want to move any closer to socialized medicine.

Answer 9

I think that if the Dems would wise up and send him a bill he isn't likely to veto, then he wouldn't veto it. It's as simple as that!

Answer 10

You can already get govt funded health care for your kids if you are poor. Its the responsibility of those people to actually do it. 25 y/o is not a kid and 80k is not poor. Those people don't need help. They should be responsible and do it themselves.

Answer 11

It was a run at forceing Socialized medicine into the middle upper class.. Glad he stopped it