Ok, so he's only done it what, like twice now? Both the stem cell research veto, and this one have both really sucked. This time he vetoed the State Children's Health Insurance Program. This is a program that provides health insurance for millions of kids who need it. So, if we aren't able to provide basic services to these kids while they're still kids, we get to pay a lot more when they're older or have more catastrophic illness - beside the fact that taking care of people (as opposed to blowing them up) is just the right thing to do.
It's absolutely irresponsible for the President to have vetoed the program... his administration has loaded us (and untold future generations) with colossal debt - but it seems only for destructive purposes. If money is being spent for positive or proactive purposes, he is apparently strongly against the expenditure.
Please stand up, and urge your congressperson to override Bush’s veto - for children who will otherwise be denied access to health care (or will put the burden of the health care directly on our hospitals). Recent polls have shown that 86% of the American people support SCHIP, with seven in ten saying they support the Democratic plan to expand SCHIP by $35 billion over the next five years.
I don't get political very often, but it seems like the right thing to do.
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