I knew we had a winner of a letter on our hands when I received two nearly identical rebuttals upon coming into work this morning.

Saturday’s rebuttal by Democrats to President Bush’s radio address explaining his veto of the SCHIP bill featured a young man, Graeme Frost. He stated he and his sister were in a serious wreck and his family couldn’t afford private health insurance and needed state health coverage for him and his sister.

What was missing was that his parents send him and his sister to a private school with $20,000/year tuition, they live in a neighborhood of $400,000 to $500,000 homes, they own commercial property bought in the late ’90s for $160,000 and his father chooses to be self-employed and mother works for a business with no benefits.

Life is about choices! The parents have the right to choose their jobs, but responsibility for family welfare should be first in those choices. The Frosts’ state has no means test for taxpayer-funded insurance, and it appears they do have the ability to insure their kids.

Another example of Democrat misinformation for political expediency to expand SCHIP and push nationalized health care.
Michelle Brett
Spokane

I’m sure you have a reaction, too. What is it?