Budget Bill - You Don’t Really Need Those Entitlements… Do You?

[kerrygoddess]

You Don’t Really Need Those Entitlements… Do You?
February 2nd, 2006 @ 12:01 am

We heard Bush talking about cutting back the “entitlements” last night in the SOTU address, but funny thing is (or not so funny), he wasn’t talking tax cuts for the wealthy or tax breaks for the corporate whores. No, he was talking about Welfare, Medicaid, federal child-support enforcement funds, student loan interest and a host of other things that all affect the poor.

The House yesterday narrowly approved a contentious budget-cutting package that would save nearly $40 billion over five years by imposing substantial changes on programs including Medicaid, welfare, child support and student lending.

With its presidential signature all but assured, the bill represents the first effort in nearly a decade to try to slow the growth of entitlement programs, one that will be felt by millions of Americans. Women on welfare are likely to face longer hours of work, education or community service to qualify for their checks. Recipients of Medicaid can expect to face higher co-payments and deductibles, especially on expensive prescription drugs and emergency room visits for non-emergency care. More affluent seniors will find it far more difficult to qualify for Medicaid-covered nursing care.

George W. Bush will never know the pain of worrying about making ends meet. He’ll never have to suffer with out healthcare and neither will the wealthy folk that he favors — why because he’s lived the life of “entitlement.”

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[AllegroRondo]

1. Student loans cut again?

and after * had the nerve to deny any knowledge of it the last time he took questions from an audience.

[kerrygoddess]

2. * deny something?

no never! The King of Denial is who he is.