Friday, October 12, 2007

The SCHIP Veto

I've made the point for some time that the Christian commonwealth idea upon which this government was founded includes both private and governmental assistance to those who are in need of the essentials of life--and I would say that medical care qualifies. President Bush vetoed the SCHIP expansion bill because he claimed that it would provide government health insurance to families making $83,000 a year.

The Frost family of Baltimore has become the Democratic Party's poster child for why this program needs to go so far up the income scale. Michelle Malkin has some pictures of the three cars that the Frost family owns--along with details of a home for which they have almost $200,000 equity. There's also an email that Michelle Malkin received from some neighbors of the Frosts that is really very nice about them--but makes it clear that this is not a good example of people in need.

I won't try to summarize it; I'll just encourage you to read it. There are people who need the government's help. There are people who do not need the government's help. Giving help to those who don't need it sucks money out of programs for the truly needy--and in some cases, will be transferring money from working poor families to people who aren't at all poor.

I suspect that the Democrats may have porkified the SCHIP bill just so that they could force a veto, in the hopes of having an issue.

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