In Wisconsin, Walker Wants To Uninsure The Bottom 1%, Ensuring Their Poverty And Raising Their Risks
The Leader of compassionate conservatives, while touting Eagle Scout values and strong Christian faith (all Walker's words, mind you) propose dumping 65,000 poor state residents - - half of them children - - off their Medicaid-health insurance.
Presumably into emergency rooms and onto the hospitals' books, where other patients and employers will absorb the costs through higher charges.
This comes after giving tax breaks in the budget of our "broke" state to 'job-creators.'
What has become of our state?
I cannot think of a more craven budgetary [sic] or political strategy - - the calculation that this group will not be able to muster an effective response, as half are children and the adults will be too busy trying to save their lives to save their insurance.
In a down economy.
I see that leading apologist Robin Vos wishes there were an alternative and imagines there were. Governance by fantasy. There he sits, counting on magic beans:
Rep. Robin Vos (R-Rochester), the co-chairman of the Joint Finance Committee, said that he believed many of the people who leave the program will go to private insurance instead, though he had no estimate of that number.
"All of us wish we could more but the money just isn't there," Vos said.There is: raising revenues, which he and his party, on Walker's behalf, have dismissed.
Except when they raised taxes on the working poor by eliminating or limiting access to the Federal Earned Income Tax Credit, (EITC), continuing to deny that it raised some taxes for some people, and earning a "Broken Promise" from PolitiFact for it.
Good summation:
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This reinforces my belief that the Walker agenda is not so much about attracting business as it is about encouraging the poor to leave. This can only end badly.
Thanks James. Matthew 25: 31 "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. 32Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. 34Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36 I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.' 37Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? 38And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? 39And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?' 40And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers,[a] you did it to me.'
41"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, 43I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.' 44Then they also will answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?' 45Then he will answer them, saying, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.' 46And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
Those managing the recall messages should make Walker's and the Republicans' shameful assault on poor people in Wisconsin as big an issue as their attacks on public employees and the middle class.
These two issues along with what they are planning to do to our outdoor enthusiasts should be the 'Big Three' messages of the recall, along with lots and lots of side information about voter suppression tactics.
Oh, and find a viable challenger soon!
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