When the Story's Got Children, Who Needs Facts? By Amy Menefee
It’s the perfect combination of sin taxes, nanny-statism and taxpayer-funded welfare – all in the name of the children.
And according to media reports, it’s President George W. Bush vs. Everyone Who Likes Children.
The story now is Bush’s October 3 veto of a massive expansion of the government-run State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The media couldn’t resist scripting the veto as a vote against children. What’s at stake, though, included a proposed $35-billion expansion of taxpayer-funded insurance made possible by a tax increase.
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