Posted on 10/16/2007 5:39:39 AM PDT by icwhatudo
On the conference call, Dara admitted to me that she and Brian had been talking about having children since before they were married. She further admitted that after they were married she voluntarily left a job at a country club that had good health insurance, because the situation was “unmanageable.” From there she took a job at a restaurant with no health insurance, and the couple went on to have a baby anyway, presuming that others would pay for it and certainly long before they knew their daughter would have heart defect that probably cost the gross national product of Burkina Faso to fix. But not knowing about future health problems is the reason we have insurance in the first place.
Now, pause for a second. Are you reading this at your computer at work, in a job that you don’t particularly care for or even downright detest because you have a spouse and child that depend on you? You wouldn’t be the first or last person to make that choice.
(Excerpt) Read more at article.nationalreview.com ...
After reading all this stuff about how stupid the ‘adults’ in that family are, (well maybe not, since they convinced the Govt to take care of their medical needs) - I have to wonder who paid them and how much, to use their son for political gain.
Those people seem to respond to the promise of freebies - so who is paying them and how much? And is it legal for a political party to do that?
You at it again?..........GOOD!...........................
Bad choices have consequences. I can almost guarantee they each had cell phones, cable/sattelite tv, internet access, 2 cars, ate out at restaurants a few days a week, possibly smoked, drank alcoholic beverages at least on weekends etc. It’s all about making good choices with the money you earn, not necessarily how much you earn.
As a pastor, I've known many families where one of the wage-earners has gone the waitress route. It is a tough, thankless job in many, many cases, and there seems to be an endless array of strange ones as managers. It has extremely high turnover, and I'd be cautious with any case I'd try to make about conservatism based on that industry.
geesh....no one is saying anything about a waitress job is a BAD job...it isn’t....They DECIDED to get pregnant WITHOUT health insurance!! WHO did they THINK was gonna pay?? Sadly, I’ll bet they thought YOU and I!
You know what, you don’t have babies until you are in a position to provide for the babies. But apparantly the Frosts didn’t think that way and neiter do about 75% of the replicating organisms in this nation. Heedless, thinking only with their reproductive parts, making their problems someone else’s problem.
The irony is that those who want to DEPEND on the Gubmint to provide for their family NEEDS, wind up destroying any chance of having a nuclear, single income family with a stay-at-home-Mom, due to the amount of TAXES they are forced to pay, so that OTHER like-minded entitlements-dependent liberals can ALSO live off others' income and taxes to provide for THEM.
There's no end to the foolishness of those who see socialism as the "answer".
The left has instilled this mentality into people.
The heart and soul of “liberalism” is using government to make responsible people pay for the consequences of the irresponsible choices of irresponsible people.
I know it’s a surprise to some, but many, many times people don’t “decide” to get pregnant.
And you know exactly what I mean. :>)
My point remains - tread cautiously on this one. In fact, EXPECT a set-up.
How about this case for conservatism, pastor:
I’ll understand that paying for a stranger’s health care is a good idea when I see those who are seeking a mandatory plan, do it themselves voluntarily.
No, I don’t personally do this either, but I do contribute to my church, and I don’t advocate using force to make others do it.
Unless I missed it, I thought the article said that they were covered by existing programs. No mention of the dad having health insurance.
Could be a dangerous headline to run with.
It's nice to be a part of the VRWC. And, As Far As I'm Concerned, this family brought it all on themselves.
Those I’ve known who’ve gone the 2 wage-earner route usually don’t really help the family finances. The best than can do is 1.5 wage earners.
The child care, gas, lunches, etc., kill the income that they supposedly are making.
The 1.5 wage earners can at least plan their schedules so that they are not paying so much for child care.
Ok I get it now. They HAD health insurance and she quit the job.
I used to be a waitress, and I loved it. Thankless??? No way. People asked for me when they came in to eat. Got LOTS of good feedback. Good waiters/resses often get lots of positive strokes and good money. Oh yeah, I made great money too, at a breakfast place (Perkins Rest.)
You forget one of the biggest additional expenses: TAXES
My words about being cautious with this family do not mean that I support government health care.
I think the best health care should go to those who volunteer for our armed forces. We have promised them deferred income to include education, mortgage insurance, and health care. That way we don’t pay them as much up front, but in exchange for their service, sometimes with extreme danger and hardship, but in later years we fulfill our deferred payment promise.
In Revolutionary times they paid with land.
Yep, taxes (SS, Med, etc) take a chunk.
Most don’t make enough to pay income tax, and if they have children, the EIC brings them a huge return that probably balances out what they’ve put into SS & Med.
Good article by Mark Hemmingway. Thanks for posting.
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