TWIT #5 - This Week In Thaddeus

In this week's edition of TWIT, once again we find our dear Congressman siding with President Bush and the insurance companies over working class children. On Wednesday, the House fell 15 votes short of overriding the President's veto of HR 3963 - the expansion of the Children's Health Insurance Program.

The US Census 2006 American Community Survey estimates that 5.7% of households with children in the 11th District are living below the poverty line. That's over 5,000 families. There are nearly three times as many families in the 11th District earning less than $35,000 as there are making over $200,000. There are just as many families who have needed food stamp assistance in the last 12 months as there are making over $200,000. Thaddeus McCotter places the interests of those rich few above the interests of parents struggling to make ends meet, and continues to allow 16% of Americans to go without health insurance.

Facts from the National Coalition on Health Care:

• Nearly 15% of workers have no employer-sponsored health care plan.
• Nearly 40% of the uninsured live in households earning over $50,000.
• Employees' share of health costs have risen 143% during the Bush administration.
• The percentage of people with employment-based coverage has dropped to less than 60%.

The old Republican talking point that having a good job gets you health insurance is a lie. People making good money still cannot afford to insure their families. Something has to be done, and Thaddeus McCotter refuses to act. He thinks it's funny, as you can see in the video posted at the top of this site.

McCotter DID find time, however, to vote to name two Post Offices, a Federal building in Washington, and to congratulate LSU for winning the NCAA football championship.