Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Where is the president priorities? $120 billion for war & a veto to $35 billion children health insurance


Where is the president priorities? $120 billion for war & a veto to $35 billion children health insurance?
Bush give it up, Iraq was a mistake. You failed in catching the man responsible for 911. Our tax payer $$ should be invested in THIS country & not in the never ending mission to restore peace amongst the shiites and the sunnis. That is THERE war, not OURS!!!! I can't wait for 2008!!!! sorry *THEIR Twelve-year-old Deamonte Driver died of a toothache Sunday. A routine, $80 tooth extraction might have saved him. If his mother had been insured. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/27/AR2007022702116.html Correction, $120 billion so our soldiers can keep acting as peace keepers until the Iraqi government decides to get itself together. It is the government responsibility to take care of it's citizens. And one should not harshly judge those who cannot afford health insurance, who could if a family had a wage of only under $10 an hour to work with. Jodie, wrong!!!, the government does take care of you. From the FDA making sure food/drugs are safe, to the Police department keeping criminals off the street, to the grants and loans the government has given me/college students in order to go to college, from the civil service jobs who clean your streets. (it goes on) We take these things for granted. (even though it does comes of tax-payer money) Illegal immigration is a whole different topic. This question is providing health insurance for the millions of US CITIZEN children who are uninsured. If you are concerned of illegals taking advantage of it, complain to the US department of defense in their failed efforts of securing our borders.
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stop watching oprah and listening to documentaries that are spun for the dem's pleasure
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It's almost as if he values protecting the lives of everyone in the country more than he wants to give handouts to people who would not be turned down for medical treatment anyway. Later note: There was a point when I was unemployed and nearly living on the streets. I was able to get a tooth extracted for $5 at a dental college. I'm sure if I couldn't pay the $5, they would have done it anyway to save my life. Is that your best case? It is the government's responsibility to provide security and a level playing field for it's citizens to be able to provide for themselves. Charitible organizations abound that will provide for people who are unable to provide for themselves.
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$120 billion for the war which protects your rights and freedoms or $ 35 billion for a hand out to those who won't buy their own insurance even if they make $80k a year makes no sense. At least Bush has his priorities rights and the Democrats are showing their true - can't find an expensive social program they don't like - colors.
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It still kills me that you guys are only telling part of the story on this SChips bill.
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There's no 'profit' in insuring poor kids, is there?
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He doesn't care he is rich, not by one day of working, Arabia and Daddy took care of him and his little family. WE need our American children taken care, Bush lied and made this whole damn war is his. Let our children live the hell with Iraq , Saddam was taking care of his own people but oh, no old ignorant wanted his gun for Daddy and Oil, I still say the people of iraq was better off with Saddam watching over them.
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Actually, Gates wants $200 billion more for the war. Why? This is an administration that started with an annual budget surplus and a national debt of 5.6 trillion, slowly being scaled back by the previous Clinton surpluses. WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - With the U.S. government fast approaching its current $8.965 trillion credit limit, the Senate on Thursday gave final congressional approval of an $850 billion increase in U.S. borrowing authority. The Senate voted 53-42 to raise the debt ceiling to $9.815 trillion, the fifth increase in the U.S. credit limit since President George W. Bush took office in January 2001. The U.S. House of Representatives approved the higher debt limit earlier this year as part of the overall budget resolution and the legislation now goes to Bush for his signature. "We have no choice but to approve it. If we fail to raise the debt ceiling soon, the U.S. Treasury will default for the first time in its history," said Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus. Yes, you read that correctly. 5.6 trillion to 9 trillion with a republican congress and president. The sad thing-this was not on the front page or in top stories or even politics. It was in investments. http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=bondsNews&storyID=2007-09-28T003622Z_01_N27415556_RTRIDST_0_USA-CONGRESS-DEBT-UPDATE-1.XML
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We wage this war,spending an outrageous amount of money, while our own borders are open and unprotected. Even after the lesson of 9/11 the government is not doing its primary function which is to protect its citizens . Mr. Bush you should be ashamed .
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Sorry, toots, no where in the Constitution does it talk about providing for health benefits, but it does talk about protecting the country. If the Mother of that child had brought her to an ER faster than she did, they would taken care of the problem, at no cost to her.
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For those of you who didn't read that bill; it was vetoed because it included "children" up to 25 years old and people making $80,000. I don't make that much and I can pay my own health care. Wake up and check your facts please before you post a question IT IS NOT THE GOVERNMENTS RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE CARE OF US!!!! I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF!!!
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All that money just so we can cover illegal immigrants health concerns. Our nation is so screwed up. Edit for rebuttal: No it has everthing to do with it. There is NOTHING in the bill which would prevent an "Undocumented" indivdual from receving this benefit. As a matter of fact, the increase in this bill is intended to directly offset the cost of treating them.
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Just a little correction to your data: Total cost of war (Iraq , Afghanistan), over $700 Billions so far? By the end of war the cost could go as high as $1 Trillion. Quiz : How many zeroes in 1 T? Best Regards.
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Picture this: Terrorists are everywhere, all over the cities, killing everyone, in your own town, in your backyard, bombing the heck out of the public schools...in our country, what would you do if that were to happen? Don't think for a second that it cannot happen in our country (9/ll/01)...if we don''t support the military and what their mission is, then it can happen. President Bush and his military advisors, military intelligence know what they are doing. That's this country's PRIORITIES!!! There are so many free medical insurance in this country, you just have to make the effort to find information about them...and you always can rely on the welfare system. That's not a priority right now...defending us and our country from terrorists is.
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Sounds like more of a statement than a question. But I hope you are not putting too much hope in 2008 unless you see someone other than the two major parties being in charge. You are expressing views which you consider common sense and common sense is not allowed in the halls of government ............. and won't be until the citizens organize and take it by the hand and walk it in there.





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