Why I hate bicycle advocacy groups

Bill Sornson wrote:
wrote:
Bill Sornson wrote:
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Around here we fund the state's Children's Health Insurance
Program (CHIP) partly or wholly with funds generated by the
cigarette tax.

So 25-year-olds and kids in families making up to $85,000.00 per
year get free medical care! God bless those coffin-nail addicts!

Actually, I think it's targeted mainly at low-income and otherwise
un- or under-insured. No 25-year-olds, no upper income families.
Your statement is inaccurate.

Two-second, carbon-eating Google (MANY hits):

http://www.heritage.org/research/healthcare/wm1546.cfm

And from
http://roskam.house.gov/Newsroom/Doc...umentID=71426:

"To date, over 45% of all Illinois SCHIP beneficiaries are adults. Current
provisions cover individuals up to 25 years of age as "children" under the
..."

So the smokers are funding health care for families making as much as
$80,000; and "children" 25 years old.

Sorni can stop supporting those who are indigent through the choice of
having the wrong parents with his taxes, when the rest of can stop
supporting the protection of the property and privileges of the wealthy
with our taxes - a fair deal, no?

Bill "the term 'bloggers in their mothers' basements wearing underwear'
comes to mind" S.

Sorni, you are an idiot if you believe that.

--
Tom Sherman - 42.435731,-83.985007
LOCAL CACTUS EATS CYCLIST - datakoll

On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:06:55 -0800 in rec.bicycles.misc, "Bill
Sornson" wrote:

Bill "the term 'bloggers in their mothers' basements wearing underwear'
comes to mind" S.

How did you fall out of my killfile? PLONK.