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Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Scott Garrett :: Townhall.com Columnist
This Entitlement Will Sink Us
by Scott Garrett
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Will the Dems' health care Christmas Present to America be an improvement or detriment to our health care system?


And, according to a non-partisan Congressional Budget Office report, an estimated 3 million seniors will literally lose their coverage altogether, including more than 6,700 seniors in New Jersey's 5th District.

Paying for illegal immigrants

To make matters worse, the SCHIP bill also forces the American taxpayer to pay for health benefits for illegal immigrants. It removes current safeguards meant to keep illegal immigrants from accessing SCHIP benefits, while simultaneously establishing mandatory $400 million expenditure for translation services for non-English-speaking enrollees.

The SCHIP bill is dangerous policy. And, it was brought to the floor through dangerous procedure, bypassing debate and committee review in an effort to cram it through the House before adjourning for the month of August.

The family budget – for today's taxpayers and tomorrow's – should be our first concern, not cheap political ploys.

The president has said he will veto this bill. With a strong bipartisan vote against the bill of more than 200 representatives, his veto should stand. At that point, I hope the Democratic leadership will go back to the drawing board and formulate a reasonable proposal that protects children, seniors and taxpayers.
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Congressman Scott Garrett represents New Jersey's Fifth Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives.
 
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Reply # 1
Date: Aug 9, 2007 - 12:36 AM EST
You get less of what you tax
I'm a chump.

I rarely saw a doctor as a child. That's partially because I saw the stress on my mother's face when it was time to pay the bill. I finished college and got a job that offered health insurance so my family wouldn't go through that. In recent years I've had to take a child to the ER and been the only adult in the waiting room who didn't need a translator. Even with insurance, I've paid outrageous medical bills, knowing full well that the bill was padded to cover the cost of those who would never pay.

I worked at a job that I sometimes loved, sometimes hated, and generally tolerated so I could pay my family's obligations. Now the federal government wants to tax me more to pay for those who won't be responsible. Some of these folks the federal government will not remove, in accordance with its responsibilities. That's the same federal government that wants to put me in prison if I won't subsidize their malfeasance. I don't mind helping Americans who have fallen on hard times, but I can't subsidize the whole Third World.

Yup, I guess I should have just done drugs, worked day labor, and watched cable TV. To hell with studying, working, and paying my bills. I could have fathered some kids with women I didn't marry. Canada's beautiful. I could have moved up there and worked off the books. My wife could have stayed single and had more children than she could afford to support. Irresponsibility is what they want to subsidize, and that's what they will get more of. But what happens when there are no more chumps like me to foot the bill?
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Reply # 2
Date: Aug 8, 2007 - 10:17 PM EST
Give 'til it hurts.
On Sunday, my priest says that I should donate money to feed the hungry, provide shelter for the homeless and cure the sick and elderly. He quotes The Bible.

My government takes my money to feed the hungry, provide shelter for the homeless and cure the sick and elderly. I think it is because if government were a charity, no one would donate.

Where is some of that separation between state and church that keep hearing about? Between federal and state taxes, Social Security (unless I get some back one day), Medicare & Medicaid, and inflated medical insurance, I tithe before I leave the house Sunday morning.
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