Comments on: Bush Says Poor Children Don’t Need SCHIP http://workitmom.com/bloggers/punditmom/2007/12/13/bush-says-poor-children-dont-need-schip/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:20:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Daisy http://workitmom.com/bloggers/punditmom/2007/12/13/bush-says-poor-children-dont-need-schip/#comment-232 Daisy Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:00:35 +0000 http://workitmom.com/bloggers/punditmom/2007/12/13/bush-says-poor-children-dont-need-schip/#comment-232 Bush. Has. No. Clue. I teach in a "low-income" neighborhood. I feel for my students when they get sick and can't go to the doctor. We do our best to get them school supplies, but I can't pay their medical bills. Bush. Has. No. Clue.
I teach in a “low-income” neighborhood. I feel for my students when they get sick and can’t go to the doctor. We do our best to get them school supplies, but I can’t pay their medical bills.

]]> By: Florinda http://workitmom.com/bloggers/punditmom/2007/12/13/bush-says-poor-children-dont-need-schip/#comment-231 Florinda Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:24:18 +0000 http://workitmom.com/bloggers/punditmom/2007/12/13/bush-says-poor-children-dont-need-schip/#comment-231 "But I would hardly qualify families earning between $40,000 and $60,000 a year as 'rich,' especially depending on where they live.And if those families don’t get health insurance through their employers, there’s a good chance they can’t afford to pay for housing and food and utilities and private health insurance." Absolutely true. I've lived in places where that's a solid middle-class income, and places like where I live now, where - you've got to be kidding. $40K is just-about-getting-by money. This is ridiculous. “But I would hardly qualify families earning between $40,000 and $60,000 a year as ‘rich,’ especially depending on where they live.And if those families don’t get health insurance through their employers, there’s a good chance they can’t afford to pay for housing and food and utilities and private health insurance.”

Absolutely true. I’ve lived in places where that’s a solid middle-class income, and places like where I live now, where - you’ve got to be kidding. $40K is just-about-getting-by money.

This is ridiculous.

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