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Originally Posted by dc_dux
Bush lied when he vetoed the bill....surprise 
Bush wants to increase funding for the program by $5 billion (with no increase in number of eligible children) over 5 years and the bill passed by Congress increased funding by $35 billion over 5 years to add 4 million children to the program.
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Is it a lie that the bill may lead to people currently covered to switch into this program? Is the intent to take the program from being a safety net for those in need to taking us one step further into national health care for children? If the goal is national heath care or insurance for all children, why not simply put that issue on the table? We already have many cases were the working poor are put in a situation were the loss of benefits and tax credits as their income increases puts them in the tough position of bing in the equivalent of perhaps a 50% or more marginal tax bracket. Perhaps the goal should be to put an end to this kind of madness.