Posted on 11/06/2010 6:14:22 PM PDT by USALiberty
Some Republican lawmakers — still reveling in Tuesday’s statewide election sweep — are proposing an unprecedented solution to the state’s estimated $25 billion budget shortfall: dropping out of the federal Medicaid program.
Far-right conservatives are offering that possibility in impassioned news conferences. Moderate Republicans are studying it behind closed doors. And the party’s advisers on health care policy say it is being discussed more seriously than ever, though they admit it may be as much a huge in-your-face to Washington as anything else.
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IF this will help Texas shortfall...this is a commonsense move.
An end to the welfare state would bring eventually bring on an economic boom unlike anything we have seen before. When people have to work to live, they will. Just look at the Illegals who flood here and take jobs.
My God. What a convoluted sentence. Note to self. Edit, then post.
“I do think there should be charity available, but through PRIVATE avenues of distribution such as churches or other philanthropic organizations.”
At one time we had charity hospitals operating all over the country. The poor could receive medical care. These hospitals were staffed by religious orders and medical treatment offered by MD volunteers.
Then the liberal thieves took over health care and used the fascist federal bureaucracy to shut them down. And anyone who doesn’t believe that thieving liberals are running hospitals isn’t paying attention. With their over-billing, double-billing, kickbacks and other schemes, hospitals are at the forefront of robbing the American people blind.
The biggest and fastest growing segment of the legal profession is Qui Tam law firms. There is billions to made by lawyers going after these thieving liberal crooks and uncovering the numerous robberies.
Liberal hospitals should be flying the Jolly Rogers flag at their entrances, with a big neon sign stating “Enter Here and You Will Be Robbed.”
At a minimum, the world is on a path (from which there is no escape) like that of France under John Law, England during the South Sea Bubble, or Holland during the Tulip mania. And that's if were lucky. If we're not, we're following the path of the Roman Empire.
It is not even close to being the same as an outright default. Currency weakens and strengthens, defaut is the end game and not reversable.
What do you suppose would be the result of all governments everywhere (that matter) freezing spending at current levels for say 10 years? This would mean ALL gov’t expenditures (at all levels of government) including salaries would remain unchanged for that period of time.
Seems as if this would go a long way to reducing the deficits down the road. There could be no more new spending permitted unless it was offset dollar for dollar by a cut in spending elsewhere.
If at the same time this was instituted, term limits were also put into place I believe real progress could be made. With the sure knowledge they would only be serving one term, politicians would not be promising “free stuff” to the voters in exchange for their vote and perhaps then they would do what’s right for the country instead of what’s right for themselves.
What do you suppose would be the result of all governments everywhere (that matter) freezing spending at current levels for say 10 years? This would mean ALL gov’t expenditures (at all levels of government) including salaries would remain unchanged for that period of time.
Seems as if this would go a long way to reducing the deficits down the road. There could be no more new spending permitted unless it was offset dollar for dollar by a cut in spending elsewhere.
If at the same time this was instituted, term limits were also put into place I believe real progress could be made. With the sure knowledge they would only be serving one term, politicians would not be promising “free stuff” to the voters in exchange for their vote and perhaps then they would do what’s right for the country instead of what’s right for themselves.
I don’t have a problem with this at all. I hope they also have an AZ style immigration bill, that adds an ope season to all illegals. Pop when you see ‘em.
Buy a fulfilled promise to NOT increase spending and thereby the deficit, the markets and consumers would react favorably and spending would increase, tax revenues would increase and gov borrowing would decrease, all leading to a deficit reduction.
As profits increased employees salaries would increase (not gov’t employees, however)and this would increase the taxes paid by both the consumer and the company. This is not an increase in the rates just an increase of what is paid under that rate. Also since anyone with even the most basic knowledge of economics knows, businesses pay ZERO taxes since the cost of the tax is built into the price they charge for their product. Therefore Corporate and other business related taxes should be heavily cut which would cause prices to drop as the companies vie with each other to gain market share through lower prices.
And those people who don't pay anything, get “free” healthcare, because I pay for it, through my insurance premiums and my taxes.
But I still can't afford to be seen by a doctor.
Obomacare just makes it more burdensome on me to pay for everyone else.
But as an Atlas, I am going to shrug.
I can carry some of the burdens of my fellow citizens for a short time, when they need a little help.
I refuse to carry the entire world on my shoulders.
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