“I could give a hoot so long as the insured pays the premiums.”
The PF reading dysfunction I see,
” We allocated an additional $4 billion to the Medicaid program, and more than $900 million to the Children’s Health Insurance Program.”
I don’t know what your “PF” reference is
That had nothing to do with illegals. We don’t give Medicaid or CHIPS to illegals. If only we could get the feds to deport illegals, we’d save tons in unfunded-EMTALA-mandated hospital costs.
We’re also forced and bribed by the feds to fund more and more Medicaid and CHIPS. The feds take Texas income tax and won’t give it back unless we play their way.
The Governor has encouraged holding the line on Medicaid and CHIPS at the point where it would force an income tax. It doesn’t hurt that our Constitution forbids an income tax. But William Wayne Justice did his Federal Court best to change that.
Perry likes the flat tax and/or getting rid of the income tax and going to a sales tax. He suggests repealing the 16th amendment and going back to State controlled spending except for very narrow Constitutional duties. There’s a whole chapter in his book on the 16th, 17th amendments and the New Deal.