According to a study conducted by Parade Magazine, in 2008 the average American earns $37,000 a year. SOURCE

Let’s assume that this person is head of household and that he/she works for an employer who does not provide health insurance.  This person is 55 years old, has a wife who is 45 and they have two children ages 12 and 14.

His wife has a part-time job that pays $16,000 a year.  Their total income is $53,000 a year.

HOUSE PAYMENT/RENT:  1,080 to $1,767 per month (round off to $14,000 a year.)

Now they have $39,000 left.

UTILITIES VARY:  Average is $150 a month ($1,800 to $2,000 a year)

Now they have $37,000 left

FOOD As of March of 2008, the U.S. Department of Labor estimated that a family of four spent an average of $8,513 per year on food, or $709 per month. Additionally, the amount of money that is spent on food each year by families increases by 4 percent each year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Now they have $28,489 left

FEDERAL TAXES WILL BE ABOUT $3,000

Now they have $25, 489 left

CAR AND GAS EXPENSES will be about $3,000 as they have older cars that need repairs from time to time and neither vehicle is gas efficient.

Now they have $23, 489 left

CLOTHING: $2,400 a year for family of four [Keep in mind that amount is less that many of the wives of the multimillionaires in the Senate pay for one dress.]

Now they have $21, 089

MISCELLANEOUS: school lunches, lunches for working parents  $1,000

Now they have $20, 089

EXPENSES FOR EXTRACURRICULAR EVENTS FOR CHILDREN-$500 a year

now they have $19, 589

(provided no emergency such as purchase of new tires, expensive repair of one of their old cars, minor illness of someone in the family that required doctor/hospital care)

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NOW WHOOPIE DOO.  The multimillionaires of the Senate are offering the head of this family the opportunity to buy into Medicare at the “meager fee of $400 a month.  That depletes the family budget by $4,800.

Now they have $14,789 left.  Health insurance for only one member of their family has cost them 25% of their entire family budget left for the year.

The majority of their family is still not covered.

FOR THIS, WE SHOULD CELEBRATE THE HEALTH CARE “REFORM” THAT THE MULTIMILLIONAIRES IN THE SENATE HAVE DEVISED FOR US?

THEY CAN ALL GO TO HELL.

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OPPS, I FORGOT.  WITH THE NEW GREAT HEALTH CARE “REFORM” THE OTHER THREE MEMBERS OF THIS FAMILY WILL BE FORCED TO BUY INSURANCE FROM A PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION.  They will number among the 30 million new customers that the multimillionaires of the Senate are handing over to the already rich and greedy health insurance corporations.

At approximately $400 a person that is $1,200 a month plus the $400 for Dad.

At $1,200 a month that is $14,400 more to be deducted

NOW THIS HYPOTHETICAL FAMILY OF FOUR, THANKS TO THE GREAT HEALTH CARE REFORM THAT THE MULTIMILLIONAIRES HAVE MANAGED FOR THEM IS LEFT WITH APPROXIMATELY $389.

Proclaim the Queen!

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