tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769659900634709753.post4454493621169350767..comments2007-10-12T12:27:32.729-05:00Thierry Wernaershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18425107349559674853noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769659900634709753.post-72058234359319551942007-10-12T05:23:00.000-05:002007-10-12T05:23:00.000-05:002007-10-12T05:23:00.000-05:00Well, 35k a year is also far from "poor".<BR/>My familiy of 4 was below the poverty line for 2 years (when I was a police officer) and we never needed any government help. It's just a matter of pride.<BR/><BR/>It costs about 80 bucks a month to insure two kids through a private insurance company. If you make 35k before taxes there's no reason you can't pay 960 bucks a year to insure your children. Thats less than 1/35th your income.<BR/><BR/>And Orrin Hatch is an idiot. Has been for many years. This is just another attempt to buy votes. Republicans are wising up to the fact that the populus is stupid enough to believe that the government can insure you, give you a good job, pay for your retirement, educate your kids, buy you your medicine and everything else that they try but fail to do. AND ALL FOR FREE, Yippeeeee... <BR/><BR/>It's no wonder folks like Hatch, Richard Burr and the rest of them support this legislation.<BR/><BR/>They can take it back to their lemming constituents and say "look what I did for you" then, when taxes go up by double digits to cover the programs shortfalls, they'll blame the dems for raising taxes...Aaron McBroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01202705204461380567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769659900634709753.post-10678020845997119802007-10-11T23:03:00.000-05:002007-10-11T23:03:00.000-05:002007-10-11T23:03:00.000-05:00As <B>Republican</B> Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah)said: “92 percent of all the kids who will be covered by this bill--will be in families under 200 percent of the poverty level.” [Press Conference, 10/3/07]Thierry Wernaershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18425107349559674853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769659900634709753.post-54640583000531934452007-10-11T21:41:00.000-05:002007-10-11T21:41:00.000-05:002007-10-11T21:41:00.000-05:00Last time I checked, a median household income of 71k per year was far from "poor"...Aaron McBroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01202705204461380567noreply@blogger.com