Our dumb President. His message to poor children: "Get a job you lazy s.o.b.'s.".....
Bush's fourth veto Wednesday - rejecting legislation to expand a children's health insurance program to cover 4 million more kids - could prove the most controversial and costly to members of his Republican Party running for election next fall.House and Senate Republicans are divided over the measure. Polls show the public favors expanding the program to help kids from low-income families who are not poor enough to qualify for government health care but still lack health insurance. The legislation is backed by 43 governors - including California Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger - who say the program isn't keeping pace with the swelling ranks of uninsured children.
In California, the legislation would provide 607,000 more children with insurance in addition to the 1.1 million who already benefit from the program.
The timing of the veto sets up an unenviable comparison for the White House. The president just sent a request to Congress for $189 billion to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan next year. By contrast, the expanded children's health program would cost $60 billion over five years.
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That's just terrible! I mean, I like children and I want them to be able to go to the doctor and be healthy! How awful!
In fact, maybe when I have kids, I better be able to provide for them in every way necessary rather than depending on the work and value of others.
Posted on October 5, 2007 12:35 PM