Why is george bush against S-chip?

Question

I am doing a report about political cartoons and the cartoon shows a sick little boy and his mom is saying "sweetheart, the president says its better to be sick than a socialist" so I was wondering if you can explain this all to me in lamens terms. thanks.

Answer 1

funny....
Consider this...
The republicans and their sheep (Bushbots), have been screaming for years about "relief for the middle class".
now along comes a program that will actually help the middle class ($83,000.00 is right smack in the middle of it.) with affordable health care.

Wonder of Wonders....
The repubs are aginst it....
go figure....

2 faced lying ...
well ill stop here

Answer 2

i'm an Obama supporter and those are my strategies: i like Ron Paul even inspite of the indisputable fact that i do no longer unavoidably trust Libertarianism and the 1st one to attempt it relatively is going to in all probability see severe aftereffects and the belief will bypass down in flames. i'm thirty years old and this may be the 1st election I vote in. I even have consistently felt that there is a 2 social gathering phantasm in this u . s . and the wealthy positioned who they choose in place of work. It unquestionably scares me that Obama have been given so a techniques as he has and yet, he seems so genuine. How did he injury in the process the duality? Ron Paul could have been a much extra effective opponent for Obama and can have made him sweat a splash. i do no longer know how McCain is so severe in the polls while Bush replaced into so low. i think human beings in familiar are stupid and it relatively is the comparable people who voted for Bush 2 cases! Republicans know in the event that they vote for Ron Paul that's going to be a wasted vote, that's why Independents are not getting many votes. they're afraid in the event that they improve some balls and vote for him, that the worser of the assumed 2 evils gets the white homestead. till we can convince extra human beings to vote self sustaining and stay faraway from the events, this duality will proceed.

Answer 3

S-CHIP is a program to provide health care for children. The bill that was presented, passed and vetoed provided more services to more children at a greater cost than the President thought is necessary.

This has become a huge political issue, with the Democrats pointing out that Bush is not too concerned with our nation's children and, with so many families without health insurance, the bill is sorely needed......... and Republicans claiming that it provided help for families making as much as $80,000 yearly that did not need assistance.

It is a sad fact that, even with $80,000 yearly coming in, an uninsured family can face financial ruin with unexpected medical costs.

Answer 4

The bill would have passed if there weren't such wide parameters. Income levels of the lower middle class in many ways were too high (some places state 80k and others say 60k a year for a family of 4). A "child" is up to the age of 25. One study done said that SCHIP is cheaper than private care and for every 1000 kids enrolled, 50 of them have been dropped off of private coverage in order to pick up the SCHIP.

However, the cartoon is jabbing at the idea that this is simply a push for social medicine.

Answer 5

Hes against it because he thinks he can get away with it.
There has been quite a propaganda campaign against it, so it must step on quite a few toes. Mostly insurance toes I would imagine. If it had passed, it would have covered the children whose parents are middle class, not the poor, they are covered by Medicaid. Lots of kids don't have insurance because their working parents aren't getting coverage at their jobs anymore, and private insurance is expensive.
The president says that 'they' are trying to get socialized medicine into the country in a sneaky way. That people who could afford it would not buy their own, but would instead let the government help them. One day, it will follow that no one will afford insurance, and then the companies will find ways to cut their own costs.
Its not for poor people, its for middle class people, and its not for illegals, its specifically states that you must show proof of eligibility, like social security numbers.

Answer 6

This program is to enlarge Government and make it more power full and take away the rights of people.
It is the biggest welfare using the children as an excuse to gain guilt to stop this increase.

It is called pimping and the left wants to make it bigger and not maintain so it is a another lie from the left communist.

Answer 7

The president is all for the S-Chip program and continuing it. However, the bill presented goes much further than that. The purpose of this program was to provide health care insurance to the children of low income families not the children of middle and high income families. The way this particular bill is written it expands the program to cover the children of parents making over 300 times the poverty level.

The Democrats have no business asking the hard working taxpayers to finance the health care of children who have parents that can afford to purchase it.

This is all political posturing. The bill is returned to Congress and it will be debated and adjusted until it is something that the President can sign. This was done by the Democrats only to make the President look bad by vetoing it. Nothing more.

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Answer 8

a family income of 80k or more is not a lot of money! my company pays $1200/month for my health insurance. if two household incomes are totaling 80k, and they don't offer health with either job, then thats a lot of money for people. imagine raising four kids under a roof, with only 80k. thats not that easy. i know people who, combined, make close to 100k with two kids and they're having hardships. what bush doesn't understand is the value of a dollar. because he's never worked hard for a single thing in his life. this is why he thinks the economy is doing well.
heck, i just saw a romney ad where he's offering "middle class better tax benefits for their dividends" are you freakin' kidding me? do you really think the middle class has dividends? this is why the republican party is full of heartless, morons who will never be able to comprehend a country "for the people". repulicans want a country "for the corporations" and that is why bush is against the s-chip. he thinks supply and demand should run everything, while children are getting sick from the envirionment he's destroying with his automaker lobbyists!!!
thats it, i'm done.

Answer 9

Ah, that Republican logic - Bush VETO's the S-Chip program and the right-wing or die crowd defends him by saying "Bush is NOT against S-Chip..." He just vetoed it.

God save America...

Answer 10

It means Bush and his people are SO against "socialized healthcare" (which they link to communism)
that they will risk the health of thousands of America's children.

Don't be surprised. This is their style. Look at other political cartoons and you'll see.

Good luck! And yes, Lilliput said it best.

Answer 11

did you know that in wisconsin there is ALREADY 700,000 single ADULTS on Schip. did you know that every family the left has brought as an example of how Schip is used ARE ALREADY COVERED and the expansion mean NOTHING TO THEM. Did you know that all you need to apply for Schip is a Social Security card yet in the new law it says you cannot use the social security number to verify if that person is a citizen. if illegals are able to work on a stolen or forged SS card its pretty easy to determine they can do the same thing to be accepted onto Schip. If you want more facts they are out their but for some odd reason I think you really dont care and have made up your mind its all about keeping people sick. Personally I want the money to go to people that truely need it. not "kids" that are 25 making 200% of the poverty level and illegal aliens