Dems are BUSTED!
First, I can't believe they are seizing on the granite counter top thing-hilarious. "And, for the record, the Frosts say, their kitchen counters are concrete."
From concretenetwork.com:
"Concrete countertops are a custom crafted material for high end use and are often specified by designers or architects.Consumers, in some cases think of concrete as being a cheaper alternative to other available countertop surfaces. Concrete countertops should be sold (or bought) based on being a beautiful, custom, handmade, relatively unique product. Customers going in thinking the countertops will be low budget items will quickly find out otherwise."
Cost of Granite counters: $60 to $120 per square foot.
Cost of Concrete counters: $65 to $125 per square foot.
"The business that the critics said Mr. Frost owned was dissolved in 1999.
Yet Mr. Frost claimed "Frostworks, Inc., President Baltimore, MD 1991-2000" on his resume. Article does not mention he operated companies under other names after Frostworks:
"Natural Concerns Inc., Head of Architectural Woodworks Division Baltimore, MD 2005-2006 Started and managed a small design/build division of a high-end residential landscape construction business. Projects included fine exterior architectural woodwork such as decks, trash enclosures, ornamental iron, trellis, arbors and fences.
Independent Contractor (Self), Baltimore, MD 2004 Residential landscape design, engineering and installation. Work included drainage systems, grading, stone wall building and architectural wood fencing."
The family’s home, in the modest Butchers Hill neighborhood of Baltimore, was bought for $55,000 in 1990
Just as my linked information stated.
and is now worth about $260,000, according to public records.
Those records being a tax assessment. Assessments are always lower than market value (at least in Maryland). As stated in my original article: "The current market value of their improved 3,040 SF home at ***removed so Olberman doesn't have a heart attack****is unknown but 113 S COLLINGTON AVE, also an end unit, sold for $485,000 this past March and it was only 2,060 SF".
Certainly the Frosts are not destitute. They also own a commercial property, valued at about $160,000, that provides rental income.
Why is the NY Times attacking a 12 year old! Oops, sorry, they were just checking the facts. Nice to finally see someone else bring up the fact the family is receiving rental income. As for "valued at 160,000", again they are using the tax assessment. The property was bought for 160,000 in 1999.
The program does not require applicants to list their assets, which do not affect eligibility.
So much for the argument that they had to be poor or else they would not qualify. It appears Maryland's program looks only at "income", not sure if that includes rental income.
"In a telephone interview"
My God, they are calling their house! Wasn't that mentioned as something that the evil blogs were doing?
"the Frosts said they had recently been rejected by three private insurance companies because of pre-existing medical conditions".
Waiting until after a horrible accident to try and get medical insurance?
"“We work hard, we’re honest, we pay our taxes,” Mr. Frost said, adding, “There are hard-working families that really need affordable health insurance.”
I agree 100%, thats why I don't understand why you want to expand this coverage to higher income families like mine. I also have 4 kids, all in private school, and a waterfront house. Why should other people be paying for my kids health coverage? Thats what the president's veto was about, he was not cutting the program (in fact he wants to increase funding) and your family would still be covered.
Democrats, including the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, have risen to the Frosts’ defense, saying they earn about $45,000 a year and are precisely the type of working-poor Americans that the program was intended to help.
Yep.
"Ms. Pelosi on Tuesday said, “I think it’s really a sad statement about how bankrupt some of these people are in their arguments against S-chip that they would attack a 12-year-old boy.”"
The funny thing is I'm not bankrupt, I'm pretty well off yet you are trying so hard to extend this program to....me. By the way, can you please link to anything I posted that attacked the 12 year old boy? I asked this of the left wing blogs earlier but still no answer.
Republicans on Capitol Hill, who were gearing up to use Graeme as evidence that Democrats have overexpanded the health program to include families wealthy enough to afford private insurance, have backed off.
See Harry Reid, I told you I was not part of a plot. Senate Republicans should use my famliy as the reason to not overextend the program to higher income families. We're not rich by any means, but the thought of people paying higher taxes to take care of my kids health insurance is crazy. Thats my job.
All I wanted to get out there was that even with the private school they partially pay for, even with the home that is not their primary residence, even with the LLC they set up and purchased commercial property with, even with the rental income they earn...the Frost family still qualifies! So why then do we need to expand the program to families with even higher incomes than the Frosts? If the presidents veto is overturned my family WILL qualify. As much as I'd like a new boat motor and the kids would love a Nintendo Wii from the money we will save ...thats not what S-CHIP should be doing. It should be there for people like the Frosts and those who aren't lucky enough to own commercial properties.
Really sick the way Dims use children as human shields in their slander wars against Republicans, who are fathers and mothers too.
These people have 4 children and work "intermittently" and part time. And we should be paying for their health care?
You are doing work.
Keep it up.
Insert ‘good’ into my last post.
Maryland is abusing the system and the Dims are using children as political tools. For shame!!
Shortfall states are those states expected to exhaust all their available funds. According to the Congressional Research Service, 14 states are projected to have a shortfall in fiscal year 2007: Alaska, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin.
Illinois, New Jersey, and Rhode Island have all received more funding in each of the four bailouts, and Maryland and Massachusetts are not much further behind, receiving funds three of the four times. In addition, these states have also received the lion’s share of the funds: Illinois has received $236.6 million; New Jersey, $164.4 million; Rhode Island, $84.9 million; Maryland, $31.5 million; and Massachusetts, $77.8 million.[10] Eighty-three percent of all bailout funding has gone to these five states.
Of the 14 projected shortfall states, seven have set SCHIP eligibility above 200 percent of the FPL.[13] Of those seven, four states (Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, and New Jersey) are at or above 300 percent of FPL, or $60,000 for a family of four.
According to the General Accountability Office, “Adults accounted for an average of 55% of enrollees in the shortfall states” in FY 2005.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/wm1381.cfm
I haven’t heard or read any statements that are attacks on any of the children. Same old dem tactic to make up blatant lies to sway public opinion.
Dems are BUSTED!
I am in awe. You and Michelle make quite a team. Keep Kickin’!
Forgot to add this to my last post......You done good icwhatudo
Born as Nancy D'Alesandro in Baltimore, Pelosi inherited her family's political tradition. Her father, Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr., was the ward boss for Baltimore's Little Italy ward, then a city councilman and five - term congressman before becoming Baltimore mayor from 1947 through 1959.Later, her brother, Thomas D'Alesandro III, also became Baltimore's mayor, from 1967 to1971.
Isn't that what auto insurance is for? Or did someone not have that either?
I turned on MSNBC last night to try and catch some of debate. Keith Overbite was on doing his worst person in the world. Rush and Free Republic were given his worser person in the world award for this topic.
Great work!
I guess that I’m the only one here who thinks you’re doing more harm than good.
The assertion that these children would not have received treatment in the City of Baltimore without this financial backing makes my blood pressure go way up. Unless this family would have taken their children out of the hospital when the bills began to mount, the hospitals would have treated the children exaclty like children with private insurance or Medicaid coverage.