Culture of Life Lies, Volume 1 (Screw the Children Edition)

If they could just find a way to insure fetuses, maybe Cultrrralaaf Bush wouldn't veto it.

Let's get this straight.

This program insured as many as 7.4 million children, (and sweet Jesus, aren't those rightwingers always so concerned about the chillun?!?) last year.

It's set to expire on September 30th.

A bipartisan plan in the Senate Finance Committe would expand the program to cover an additional 4.1 million currently uninsured children, all for just $35 billion over the next five years (or $7 billion extra a year).

A White House spokesman said "“The proposal would dramatically expand the Children’s Health Insurance Program, adding nonpoor children to the program, and more than doubling the level of spending,”.

And, no, that wasn't praise for the program, but a criticism. Because God-for-fucking-bid more former-fetuses get health insurance in this country. No, that's not a Culture of Life issue at all.

The Senate proposes funding the expansion of the program with an increase in the federal excise tax on cigarettes, raising the tax from $0.39 to $1.00 per pack.

Predictably, the White House says "Tax increases are neither necessary nor advisable to fund the program appropriately.”

Well here's an idea, asshole. We're burning $12 billion a month in Iraq and Afghanistan ($10 billion in Iraq alone).

That means that health insurance could be extended to 4.1 million children each year for what it costs Bush to kill people in Iraq for 3 weeks. If the asshole gave the Iraq War the kind of vacations he usually takes, the SCHIP program could be funded in perpetuity.

The GOP, protecting life from conception to natural birth.