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CBO:Federal Benefits to Same-Sex Couples Will Cost $898M

hypocritexposer

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Extending federal benefits to same-sex couples will cost taxpayers $898 million over the next nine years, according to an analysis of "domestic partnership" legislation released last by the Congressional Budget Office.

The CBO said in its Dec. 17 report that the House version of the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act -- H.R. 2517 -- would cost $596 million in direct spending and $302 million in discretionary spending through 2019.

The independent nonpartisan agency found that "providing additional health insurance benefits through the Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) program" -- for active and retired gay federal workers with spouses -- "causes the largest increase in both mandatory and discretionary spending -- $590 million and $266 million, respectively."

The analysis notes, however, that enacting the legislation "would not have any direct impact on federal revenues."

A 2004 analysis by CBO projected that federal outlays for domestic partners receiving federal benefits would cost about $100 million per year in 2010-2014 if the federal government approved same-sex marriage. Of the total, coverage for same-sex spouses of retired enrollees in the FEHB program would cost the government less than $50 million a year through 2014.

The 2004 report was written at the request of then-Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, an opponent of same sex marriage.

This year's legislation, sponsored by Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., an openly gay lawmaker, and with 138 cosponsors, would allow for homosexual partners of federal employees to receive the same benefits as married spouses, which include health insurance, survivor annuities, compensation for work-related injuries and travel and relocation benefits.

President Obama has indicated his support for the measure, which is still awaiting a vote in both the House and Senate. The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee voted Dec. 16 to forward the legislation on to the full Senate. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee approved it in November.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/22/extending-federal-benefits-sex-couples-cost-m-cbo-says/?test=latestnews
 

CattleArmy

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Same sex couples pay the same taxes that heterosexual couples do.


Why aren't you posting what it costs for heterosexual couples to have health care and what that costs the country????
 

Lonecowboy

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CattleArmy said:
Same sex couples pay the same taxes that heterosexual couples do.


Why aren't you posting what it costs for heterosexual couples to have health care and what that costs the country????

so if someone screws their dog and pays taxes their dog should get free vet care??
 

CattleArmy

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Lonecowboy said:
CattleArmy said:
Same sex couples pay the same taxes that heterosexual couples do.


Why aren't you posting what it costs for heterosexual couples to have health care and what that costs the country????

so if someone screws their dog and pays taxes their dog should get free vet care??

May I suggest some less alone time Lonecowboy? Then possibly you wouldn't be worried about those who screw animals and such.

Animals involve another species. Homosexuals involve two humans.
 

Lonecowboy

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CattleArmy said:
Lonecowboy said:
CattleArmy said:
Same sex couples pay the same taxes that heterosexual couples do.


Why aren't you posting what it costs for heterosexual couples to have health care and what that costs the country????

so if someone screws their dog and pays taxes their dog should get free vet care??

May I suggest some less alone time Lonecowboy?
Maybe you need some time alone with God to think things through.
Then possibly you wouldn't be worried about those who screw animals and such.
Not worried at all, just turning your own argument against you to point out it's foolishness.
Animals involve another species. Homosexuals involve two humans.
God, the Ultimate Authority, calls them both sin. How can we tolerate and condone one sin and not the other?
 

CattleArmy

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Lonecowboy said:
CattleArmy said:
Lonecowboy said:
so if someone screws their dog and pays taxes their dog should get free vet care??

May I suggest some less alone time Lonecowboy?
Maybe you need some time alone with God to think things through.
Then possibly you wouldn't be worried about those who screw animals and such.
Not worried at all, just turning your own argument against you to point out it's foolishness.
Animals involve another species. Homosexuals involve two humans.
God, the Ultimate Authority, calls them both sin. How can we tolerate and condone one sin and not the other?

You have no idea how much time God and I have been spending together lately and fortunate for God I'm not wasting his time with such crap. I'm trying to not judge others for I know I'm not qualified to make final judgements.

Well you might not be worried about wild passionate dog sex but it did cross your mind. :?

The Bible calls them a sin unless you are on a word to word basis with God that the rest of us don't know about? I just wonder how God the creator create beings with feelings and desire for the same sex and then condones it? Ok now you can all bring in the animals and perverts that prey on children. When animals and children are not willing participants and violent crimes are commited.

If you study the Bible you'll see most of us fail at it. One Sunday in church (stepping up on my soap box) the pastor made the point how all of us sin. A sin is a sin there is no degree. Yeah and the good thing about that Sunday is I was there and the church did not combust upon my arrival like some of you would guess. :wink:
 

Lonecowboy

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The Bible calls them a sin unless you are on a word to word basis with God that the rest of us don't know about?
I just wonder how God the creator create beings with feelings and desire for the same sex and then condones it?

You might have the desire to steal or murder or whatever, that is not a sin, sin is when you ACT upon your desire instead of God's desire for your life


Ok now you can all bring in the animals and perverts that prey on children. When animals and children are not willing participants and violent crimes are commited.

A sin is a sin there is no degree

So why should we be asked to tolerate, accept, and condone and pay for someone elses sin??
Which was the whole point of this post.
 

CattleArmy

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Lonecowboy said:
The Bible calls them a sin unless you are on a word to word basis with God that the rest of us don't know about?
I just wonder how God the creator create beings with feelings and desire for the same sex and then condones it?

You might have the desire to steal or murder or whatever, that is not a sin, sin is when you ACT upon your desire instead of God's desire for your life


Ok now you can all bring in the animals and perverts that prey on children. When animals and children are not willing participants and violent crimes are commited.

A sin is a sin there is no degree

So why should we be asked to tolerate, accept, and condone and pay for someone elses sin??
Which was the whole point of this post.


Why do you care so much about someone else's sin? You are not alone going to pay for same sex couples benefits and if they don't pass such benefits you don't stand to pay less anyway.
 
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