California Democrats Revive Universal Health Plan

New York Times ^ | January 21, 2010 | Jesse McKinley

[lowbridge]

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[WashingtonSource]

Good Lord. As long as we’re living in fantasy land, why don’t they propose to give every person in California $25 million and then everything will be OK forever.

[lonestar]

What is the definition of insanity? California.

[Brilliant]

We’re not bailing them out, period.

[Rennes Templar]

Thnks. Got it from a usually reliable source. Havw sent it to them.

[Emile]

I submit we're already bailing them out. Every porkulus dollar that the feds sent to a given state for infrastructure, social programs, education, or anything else is a dollar that that state's legislature didn't have to cut in order to balance their budget. Every dollar that flows from the feds to a state gives that state's lawmakers less incentive to be disciplined in fiscal matters.

Anyway, I have trouble believing, if Ahnold goes on TV and says that the country's largest state is going to go bankrupt if the feds don't send (fill in the blank) billion dollars, that congress won't do it, either directly or by some type of subterfuge. No matter what we think about it.

Only thing we can do is to send the message that, just like a vote for 0bamacare, giveaways to the states will be toxic to them as well, then back it up in November. I hope it can happen that way, but I'm not betting the ranch.