Sometimes silence is Golden!
The other night, James and I went to a get together at a restaurant with some of the area bloggers. There were about 10 people that came to the gathering. We actually have more people but some could not make it that particular night. James blogs alot more than I do so i always feel funny about going since I don't blog as much as everyone else that was there.
One particular person, has a strong interest in politics. He made a generalized statement about medicaid and food stamps. Well, one of the ladies there took offense to what he said. They said they were not "arguing" but you could have fooled me. I kept my mouth shut.
If someone had asked me what i thought...well then of course i would have told them. If i remember my history right, medicaid and food stamps came from the Johnson era. I went and did some research on the origin of medicaid and this is what I found:
The federal government's involvement with this issue began in earnest in 1934. [6] In that year President Franklin Roosevelt established the Committee on Economic Security (CES) and charged it with drafting a Social Security bill. Although the original CES report on Social Security stated with Roosevelt's approval that a "health insurance plan would be forthcoming," the CES statement caused such a stir that Roosevelt decided to postpone the health insurance issue, fearing that it jeopardized passage of the Social Security bill (Corning 1969: 38). Accordingly, the provision in the original Social Security bill proposing a "Social Insurance Board" and authorizing study of health insurance was changed so as to delete all reference to health and rechristen the board as the "Social Security Board" (Chapman and Talmadge 1970: 342). President Roosevelt had decided that "health insurance should not be injected into the debate at that point, nor should the final report on health be made public as long as the social security bill was still in the legislative mill." Indeed, as of 1969 the final CES report on health still had not been made public (Corning 1969: 40, n. 17). You can read the full article by going to this URL: http://www.cato.org/pubs/journal/cj16n3-3.html
Anyway, i found it interesting that indeed Roosevelt actually started the health insurance issue and started the Social Insurance Board. This eventually developed into the Social Security Administration.
I think that when the administration at the time of creating medicaid and food stamps were thinking that it was going to be a temporary solution to the economic problem of that era.
I do not think they wanted medicaid or food stamps to be used indefinitely.
We have generations of families that used medicaid and food stamps like it is their "right" to have it.
Ok, i will get off that soap box now.
I am glad that September is nearly over. August and September are hard months for our family. August 5, 2001 was the date when Jessica went to be with the Lord. So each year when August 5 comes around, we remember Jessica. Then on Sept. 11th, not only do we remember the terrorist attack but in our house we remember Jessica. Jessica would have been 18 this year.
I tend to think of all the things we missed out on with her. We missed her learning how to drive, her first babysitting job, Jessica going to public school and all the other teenage type stuff.
We are experiencing alot of the "firsts" with Kristina because Jessica is not around. Our family dynamics changed. We are no longer complete. Kristina is no longer the middle child but has taken on the characteristics of the oldest child. I think in someways she has had to grow up faster because of what has happened to our family.
Well guess that is it for now. I am trying to get supper finished up. It is taking forever tonight getting the baked chicken baked!
later
One particular person, has a strong interest in politics. He made a generalized statement about medicaid and food stamps. Well, one of the ladies there took offense to what he said. They said they were not "arguing" but you could have fooled me. I kept my mouth shut.
If someone had asked me what i thought...well then of course i would have told them. If i remember my history right, medicaid and food stamps came from the Johnson era. I went and did some research on the origin of medicaid and this is what I found:
The federal government's involvement with this issue began in earnest in 1934. [6] In that year President Franklin Roosevelt established the Committee on Economic Security (CES) and charged it with drafting a Social Security bill. Although the original CES report on Social Security stated with Roosevelt's approval that a "health insurance plan would be forthcoming," the CES statement caused such a stir that Roosevelt decided to postpone the health insurance issue, fearing that it jeopardized passage of the Social Security bill (Corning 1969: 38). Accordingly, the provision in the original Social Security bill proposing a "Social Insurance Board" and authorizing study of health insurance was changed so as to delete all reference to health and rechristen the board as the "Social Security Board" (Chapman and Talmadge 1970: 342). President Roosevelt had decided that "health insurance should not be injected into the debate at that point, nor should the final report on health be made public as long as the social security bill was still in the legislative mill." Indeed, as of 1969 the final CES report on health still had not been made public (Corning 1969: 40, n. 17). You can read the full article by going to this URL: http://www.cato.org/pubs/journal/cj16n3-3.html
Anyway, i found it interesting that indeed Roosevelt actually started the health insurance issue and started the Social Insurance Board. This eventually developed into the Social Security Administration.
I think that when the administration at the time of creating medicaid and food stamps were thinking that it was going to be a temporary solution to the economic problem of that era.
I do not think they wanted medicaid or food stamps to be used indefinitely.
We have generations of families that used medicaid and food stamps like it is their "right" to have it.
Ok, i will get off that soap box now.
I am glad that September is nearly over. August and September are hard months for our family. August 5, 2001 was the date when Jessica went to be with the Lord. So each year when August 5 comes around, we remember Jessica. Then on Sept. 11th, not only do we remember the terrorist attack but in our house we remember Jessica. Jessica would have been 18 this year.
I tend to think of all the things we missed out on with her. We missed her learning how to drive, her first babysitting job, Jessica going to public school and all the other teenage type stuff.
We are experiencing alot of the "firsts" with Kristina because Jessica is not around. Our family dynamics changed. We are no longer complete. Kristina is no longer the middle child but has taken on the characteristics of the oldest child. I think in someways she has had to grow up faster because of what has happened to our family.
Well guess that is it for now. I am trying to get supper finished up. It is taking forever tonight getting the baked chicken baked!
later
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