Why does G.W. Bush hate children so much?

Question

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/health/policy/17health.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Answer 1

I don't think he hates children, its just that there was nothing there for the fat greedy republicans.

Answer 2

First of all...Bush doesn't hate children. He has a problem with all the "pork fat" attached to this bill...of course the NY Times wouldn't list any of that. He also has a problem in figuring out where all the money is coming from to fund this bill. I see they want to tax the smokers for health care again even though they want to ban smoking everywhere except in your bathroom at home. Maybe we should tax those who drink alcohol for a govt run auto insurance since drunk drivers have driven up the cost.

More govt run "hand outs" is not what we need. We need heath care reform. Get the drug companies to stop jacking up the price of NEEDED drugs. Stop the BS law suits are attacking Drs with on a daily basis. That would be a start.

Answer 3

That is a out and out lie and you know it. If Bush hates children so much, why then, did he ask for a $5 Billion increase in the program? The reason the bill was vetoed was because it took program eligibility from $40,000 per year income to $62,000 ($71,000 for New Jersey residents and $82,000 for New York residents) and changed the definition of a child to someone 25 years old. It funds the program with a tobacco tax. The problem with that is that the government wants people to quit smoking, so if more people quit smoking and revenue from cigarettes goes down, how are you going to fund it? Sorry, but you''ve bought into the liberal lies on this subject.

BTW, did you notice how the Times article conveniently left out the parts that allows people making $82,000 in New York, and $71,000 in New Jersey to take part in the program, or that they want to raise the age limit to 25 years of age, of increase the eligibility to $62,000 for the rest of the country? Also did you notice that the "compromise bill" calls for $60,000,000,000 over five years instead of $35,000,000,000? Some compromise.

Note the "reason" for this "compromise":
“If the president signs the bill we present to him, it’s a major accomplishment,” said Representative Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus. “If he vetoes the bill, it’s a political victory for us. Public opinion polls show strong support for expanding kids’ health coverage.”

Answer 4

Melodicaplayer nailed it. A good bill was loaded with a bunch of extra spending and pork, so the good was tossed away with the bad. And then their parents would have to pay more in taxes to pay for the new child health care and then their parents would not be able to afford to feed them, and then more families would have to be on public assistance or food stamps and then taxes would have to be raised again and then the parents could not afford to buy a home or pay rent and would be homeless and then.....
If you cannot afford to take care of them, why should your neighbor have to pay? When will the entitlement insanity stop??????

Answer 5

Anything that might help the poor or working classes is undesirable by Republicans and people on the Right. Republicans like to talk about "personal responsibility," but try and prevent people and even discourage people from bettering their lives. Bush vetoing a healthcare bill for children is one more example of this.
Another example is in the field of education, in which the schools that don't need help are awarded with funding, while the schools that do need help recieve nothing.
When working class people try to unionize in order to better their working and living conditions and be more effective employees, right-wing companies and politicians prevent this from happening.
Republicans oppose a resonable minimum wage to allow people to make the money that they actually earn in their days labor. When people are forced to spend all their time working, just to make ends meet, they have less time for their families, less time being informed about issues, and less time doing other things to help develop as a complete person.
Money is the bottom line. The right-wing has it and they don't want to give it up. Not for children, not for anyone.

Answer 6

President Bush does not hate Children.

The Democrats offered a bill that was unrealistic and knew it would be vetoed. The Democrats themselves wouldn't pass such a bill and use such issues to confuse people such as yourself. Why didn't President Clinton pass such legislation?

Every Senator and Congressman knew it wouldn't fly and used it for a variety of personal political reasons.

Answer 7

Untrue. This line of thinking is exactly the trap the liberals in Congress wanted you to fall into...and you did. I agree with Ruth; they're childish.

Answer 8

He doesn't!!! Why do you believe everything you read in the paper or hear on tv? Check into the whole story. Since you are on the computer already do some digging and stop accepting the first words that come your way!

Answer 9

He doesn't. But, that would not be apparent to a fool who uses the thoroughly discredited NY Times as a source for truth.

Answer 10

For the same reason that Nancy Pelosi bakes little children into meat pies.

Answer 11

Because libs love to spin the truth and make up bs