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To: JohnM who wrote (103732)	2/10/2009 2:18:27 PM
From: Steve Lokness	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542059

John; From the article I posted this morning; Taxpayers are already footing part of the bill for a situation he helped create. Suleman receives $490 a month in food stamps, and three of her first six children are disabled and receiving federal benefits. Moreover, Kaiser Permanente Hospital in suburban Bellflower has asked California’s health plan for the poor to cover the cost for the eight premature infants in its care, according to multiple sources familiar with the case. And this; In Nadya’s view, the money that she gets from the food stamp program ... and the resources disabilities payments she gets for her three children are not welfare,” Furtney said. “They are part of programs designed to help people with need, and she does not see that as welfare.” This is the culture we have adopted; she doesn't think food stamps are welfare, she doesn't think the care going to her 3 disabled kids is welfare and she just went into the hospital to have the kids not having a clue as how to pay for them. The hospital gets stuck with the bill and that too is welfare. John, this just isn't about restricting the right of the mother to have children. It's about what we can afford as a nation.