blunt is rackin em up

[proud2BlibKansan]

I was at Bolivar City Hall for Congressman Roy Blunt's talk on Social Security.  He answered questions afterwards, including one from the director of the Polk County Community Center concerning changes in funding.  I was there as a parent representative for Head Start, and I asked Mr. Blunt about funding cuts that have been suggested for Head Start and briefly touched on the fact that Head Start has been such a blessing to myself and our six adopted children, as well as our foster children.

I told him there are many children who would suffer if Head Start was stripped of as much funding as the Foster/Adoptive programs and that if our children (who are all special needs of one kind or another) lost their Medicaid through budget cuts, we wouldn't be able to afford to keep them, as their medical expenses are so high.  He said people who can't afford to pay children's medical bills shouldn't adopt them. (emphasis added)

When we adopted our kids through DFS, we weren't given all the information we really needed to be adequately prepared for what was ahead.  We knew that the children's parents weren't fit or able to raise them because of social, emotional and/or legal problems and that there was substance abuse.  That was just the tip of the iceberg, and Mr. Blunt had no right to be so judgmental and mean in his reply.  We aren't poor people, but I don't know many families that could pay upwards of $10,000 a month for medications.

The State of Missouri, like every state in the United States, is desperately short of foster/adoptive parents.  There are hundreds of thousands of children nationwide waiting for adoption, and most are special needs in some way.  Where would they be if prospective parents were judged more on their ability to pay for their needs than how much love and care they want to give?  I know a whole lot more middle-income adoptive parents than upper-income parents who have gone through DFS and chosen to make a difference in the life of a less-than-perfect child.

Shame on you, Mr. Blunt.  You were mean and insensitive, and I hope none of your grandchildren are ever diagnosed with any kind of problems.  Not every child is blessed to be born into a well-to-do, socially or politically prominent families.  Thank God some of us can love broken angels, not just perfect ones!

I have been a Republican since I was 12 years old.  Your attitude may change that.

Patricia K. Kibby

Bolivar, MO

http://www.firedupmissouri.com/node/1472

[HeeBGBz]

1. Blunt is such an asshole

Where's all those Right-to-Lifers compassion with the kids who've been born and need help?

[cornermouse]

2. Blunt has probably never seen any children like this and

has no idea what kind of problems can be encountered in raising them. These children have a more desperate need for a home with parents than normal children. And unlike the original writer, I hope he does get one of them for a grandchild. It may be the only way he will ever find out the facts.

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. His Karma is so bad

he is bound to be faced with a dilemna or two or three, etc

I heard through the grapevine (from a friend whose son works in the gov's office) that he decided to get rid of First Steps when he heard that a wealthy family here in KC was using the program for a severely disabled family member. So I guess in Blunt's world you don't get taxpayer funded help when you are wealthy. We already knew he opposed helping the poor.

This man is not only a piss poor governor he is also a despicable human being.

[AllegroRondo]

4. "If you can't afford the medical bills you shouldnt adopt them"????

WTF??

So we should just let these kids stay in state care?
Taxpayers are going to pay for these kids medicine no matter where they live. Better they should be adopted into a loving home than stuck with DFS because we cant afford their medical care.

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. And we know DFS

won't take good care of them.