Comments on: Bush Veto Foreseen On Child Health Bill

Instead of Cigarette Tax, White House Proposes Employees Be Taxed For Employer-Paid Health Insurance

[condumism]

What group has the highest incident rate of alcohol abuse and cigarette addiction? US MILITARY PERSONNEL! This is why these guys and gals are sooooooooo mocho: booze gives them the nerve to be mocho, and cigs turn them all into ***.

[navyretired2]

"Posted by Klingon69 at 11:05 AM : Jul 16, 2007"

Hahahaha! Several of us are finding ourselves agreeing with people on here on several issues; people that we've vehemently disagreed with on other issues.

Good stuff! Just goes to prove NOBODY is 100% neocon or 100% dumbocrat...there's at least a little commonality in all of us. Keep that in mind when flaming.

[klingon69]

How about we impose a five dollar a gallon tax on gasoline? It causes far more damage than anything else.
Few could afford to drive, that would cause a collapse of the automotive industry, and all the subindustries that support the automotive industry.

Assuming the rabid anti-tobacco zealots actually succeed in taxing or regulating tobacco out of existence, on what are they going to focus their zealotry next?
Increased taxation of food, beverages(non-alcoholic), Alcoholic beverages, medical supplies, children...etc

And, how are they going to pay for all these programs currently being funded by taxes on tobacco?
See above

And, when cancer continues to increase, on what are they going to blame cancer?
Maybe, just maybe, they will realize and admit that cancer is more of an inherited genetic problem, like diabetes and heart disease.
Posted by tuckerndfw at 06:50 PM : Jul 15, 2007
***, Tucker, I'm agreeing with you?

[condumism]

Thank you GOP for again exposing yourselves and your sell-out to Corporate America attitude, this time to the number one killer in the USA: BIG TOBACCO! HOw low will you self-centered PIGS go to protect the interests of a few, while doing everyting possible to screw the middle classes of the USA?

VOTE BARAK OBAMA: the only candidate that said he would ban all Corporate Lobbyists from the Halls of Congress. And these lobbyists are indeed the NUMBER ONE PROBLEM with the USA!

[navyretired2]

"Many of my clients drive a nicer car than I do, have a 'rent-a-center stereo and Tv center" yet claim they can't afford healt insurance. BULLSH..! Many could afford it if they drove a less expensive car; wasn't paying a monthly payment on that rental stereo/tv center; weren't buying $3-4-8 a day cigarettes/beer/alcohol."

It's called freedom. Free to buy what you want for you or your family, whether it makes sense or not to most people, as long as it's not illegal. I've seen SHACKS in neighborhoods, hardly bigger than a living room, yet out front will be parked a brand new 2007 $30,000 automobile. While I struggle with the obvious conflict to my optical senses, that doesn't mean I have the right to tell this guy he's right or wrong...neither do you.

[grumpas]

That's exactly what's wrong with our country today -- people with a sense of ENTITLEMENT.
Posted by BIGDADPATRIOT

No! What is wrong with this country is people like you! Who don't have an ounce of compassion for anyone or anything (your statement said so). Most of you claim to be Christian's but I haven't seen anything about any of you that represents the religion! You can't stand to see someone get a decent wage at the job they are doing! You can't stand to see someone get ahead that really drive's people like you up the wall. You can't stomach anyone who doesn't believe the same ideological drivel you do. You think anyone who is poor is that way because they want to be! You are truly sick people! You ought to do extremely well in the Republican party! You are just as petty and cold as they are. They all think the same nonsense you do!

[adventurepa]

"tax employees on the health insurance premiums paid by their employers." ARE YOU CRAZY?
That would be just one more example how bush is taking away money from the ones who need it most. ie: the middle class!!!!!

Why not tax the rich, ie: anyone making more than $200,000.00 a year to pay for the coverage of the ones who can least afford it? The poor.
Don't bother Crying me a river you greedy SOB"S.
Be thankful you live in a country were you can be so wealthy.

[omega39-2009]

Fratto also called on the Senate Finance Committee to consider the president's recommendation to tax employees on the health insurance premiums paid by their employers.

Bush's war on the middle class continues unabated.

[afmca]

Everyone must remember that Bush must turn down all this type of legislation because it could infringe on the tax breaks he gave such note worthy and poverty stricken people like Paris Hilton. Without their tax breaks they may only be able to total 6-7 BMWs and year instead of 10 before it would start to impact their lifestyle. Also Cheney has spent the last 6+ years bailing out Haliburton with Iraqi blood money - they don't want to actually have to give any of this back! Anyway poor children are such a pain - 3rd world children work cheaper and don't complain.

[terrapin78]

IS THIS CHIMP OUT OF TOTAL TOUCH WITH AMERICA OR WHAT?
Posted by bluestardad at 06:30 AM : Jul 16, 2007

Why YES he is.

And he is also irrelevant too.

All he can do now is veto legislation and see if his rubber-stampers are with him or agin him.