a good myth vs. fact sheet on sChip

[w8liftinglady]

my next ltte will deal with the hypocrisy of the family values crowd regarding this important program.
Call out YOUR rep,if they vote against this.


http://www.chausa.org/NR/rdonlyres/9073111D-988C-4BCB-9C4E-7FB605C88E60/0/070808MythFact.pdf

[Debau2005]

1. Thank you

I am in an email war with a neo-con about this very subject. This will give me some details to use.

[Lasher]

4. I love email wars with right wingers

It's so easy to whup up on them. They had been cowering in the shadows but some are coming out to play again.

Edit: Bookmarked this thang. I'm sure the subject is gonna come up in an email war of my own.

[Debau2005]

5. I need your right wingers....

Mine slink off into the dark Georgia night when confronted with actual facts! :evilgrin:

[Lasher]

6. Mine did too but some are crawling back out from under their rocks.

I think some have been encouraged by the most recent propaganda about Iraq. You might not recognize them, though. They're all libertarians now, not Republicans, and they always were or something.

[Debau2005]

7. haha

Yes, I have noticed a lot less claiming to be Republicans now, a lot more independents! I reminded one that if he gets the annual President's Holiday card, complete with a thanks from the GOP that he is NOT an independent...

[Lasher]

8. One of them just claimed the 2001 & 2003 tax cuts had nothing to do with the deficits

I responded to ask if he had been taking his medications as prescribed. Well, some serious stuff in there too but that was the funniest part IMO.

[w8liftinglady]

9. can you decipher this crap from Joe Barton for me?

http://joebarton.house.gov/news.asp?FormMode=Detail&ID=421
Is he alleging that THIS program will allow illegal immigrants and those making up to $200K to participate?

[Lasher]

10. What a load of crap.

New York is the state that currently sets the highest income threshold of 4X the poverty rate, or a little more than $80K for a family of 4. This is described in resource linked in the OP of this thread. Barton either pulled the $400K figure out of his ass or used a family of 37 as an example. Typically for this type of propaganda, Barton doesn't burden us with the details of how he came up with that figure.

Also in the linked resource, Illegal aliens are currently ineligible for receipt of federal funds and this legislation does nothing to change that. So much for the brown skinned boogymen who are supposed to bankrupt the country if SCHIP renewal passes.

If their ideology is more important to Barton and his president than the welfare of millions of children (it is) then they should 'stay the course' on this one. I believe Junior is capable of besting Nixon for the lowest presidential approval rating of all time and this issue just might do it for him.

[w8liftinglady]

11. I just wanted to see if you read it like I did.I have called Joe out

so many times,I like to have my facts chrystal clear.

[Lasher]

12. Here's a good thread to check in on.

SCHIP scoop.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3004360&mesg_id=3004360

[Maribelle]

2. Excellent!

Republicans need to have their clocks cleaned over this.

[Tian Zhuangzhuang]

3. Glad I clicked on the link first

I thought it was some tool to keep me from seeing sex on the television. :silly: