Children's Insurance vs Military Spending
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Bush has threatened to veto a pending Senate bill that would add $35 billion over the next five years to the State Children's Health Insurance Program, which provides coverage for children of the working poor. In California, the program is called Healthy Families.vsJERUSALEM (Thomson Financial) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday that the US has agreed a 25 percent increase in its military and defence aid to Israel, to 30 billion US dollars in the next 10 years.'In my last meeting with the president of the United States, we agreed that the aid would stand at 30 billion dollars over the next 10 years, meaning over three billion dollars a year, starting next year,' he said at the start of his weekly cabinet meeting.'This is an increase of over 25 percent in the military and defence aid of the United States to Israel,' he added.you do the mathwhere our taxes go
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Bush says that he "believes" that it would move people off of private health insurance and onto government paid insurance. He likes private insurance and does not like medicare and medicade.
Children enrolled in these programs have parents whose income is too high to qualify for Medicaid, called Medi-Cal in California, but not high enough for them to afford health insurance.[41,000 for a family of 4]
Bush also opposes a House bill that would add even more money to the program. Instead, he favors an alternative that would add $5 billion and reduce eligibility
Its more like universal health care for poor kids v. less taxes for tobacco products.
The dems who wrote this bill were smart enough to use taxes from cigarretes and chewing tobacco to pay for it. If bush vetoes the bill, it will be a PR nightmare.
What does Israel have to do with this? If you wanna talk about wasted spending, how about the near trillion we have spent in Iraq?
What does Israel have to do with this? If you wanna talk about wasted spending, how about the near trillion we have spent in Iraq?
they are one in the same...iraq/israel
where do you think they found the money for the holy land?
1) israel and iraq are not one in the same. if iraq was erased from the map, we would still want/need israel to be a friend to the us.
2) change the title of the thread. it doesn't make sense. as i said before, the bill was written so that it is funded by taxes on tobacco products. therefore, spending isn't even an issue. plus, nobody has said they oppose this bill because of spending needs for the war. that is irrelevant. bush listens to the insurance companies, and of course, the insurance companies do not want federally funded health care. that is the only reason why this bill is being opposed.