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I hope the āhigh state courtā also is the one that reviews any challenges to the medical marijuana law!
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They will stand in the hospital door to . . . well, kill people I guess. Canāt really figure out what else their objective could be.
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Repugs being repugs, The 1% doesnāt want everyone to have healthcare, so they respond accordingly.
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Arizona is running a budget deficit, Republicans allege they canāt pay back the $300 million they stole from the Arizona State Education Fund, yet they proceed with these immensely costly lawsuits they know they canāt win, and today we learned that Brewer gave her personal staff of lick-spittles large end-of-year bonusesā¦ I continue to be embarrassed by the blindness of Arizona votersā¦
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What good is being rich if you donāt have privileges?
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And, really, any request for Medicaid expansion at this point is now coming from the HOSPITALS. Who are looking at their bottom line sans politics. Too bad, because many Red states may have Governors that want the expansion but the state legislators will have none of it. You know, because of President Blacky McBlack.
Oh well,ā¦
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Because dying of a preventable illness is a FAMILY VALUE
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Why donāt we have a county rally, a state rally, a national rally, 10-20 emails per day urging action, nonstop cable-TV gorging on this stuff.
And then, why donāt we manage to fall asleep on the first day of November every two years.
I am exponentially more disgusted with non-voters than the nihilists who are the GOP Base. The GOP Base represent people who comprise a constant, and have been for the entire history of this country. They will always be around to express their beliefs at the polls.
The non-voters are a tad different. They largely escape the disgust that the GOP Base evokes.
But their non-votes cause the same amount of damage that GOP-Base votes cause. Non-voters are invisible, although some population sectors are so rife with them as to beg the label. Up to now, non-voters (the ones who allow 30% of the population to rule the United States) have not been held to taskāand, given cultural patterns present in the United States, it is unlikely that their neglect will be focused upon in the foreseeable future.
Moreover, they will remain forever invisible.
Voting is a private matter.
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āVoting is a private matter.ā
Actually, itās not. If you vote, then HOW you vote is secret. But WHETHER you vote is a matter of public record.
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Classic GOP strategy: hurt as many people as possible, save the 1%
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The truly sad part of this was Obamacare meant 2-3 billion dollars from the Feds to Arizona if they accepted it. Brewer opted for Medicaid expansion which was the best she could hope for given the reactionary nature of the legislature here. Free money is (was) apparently despised if from a black democratic President. The ACA is clearly a very good thing for Arizona and still there are a considerable number of legislators who donāt want it. I must say that makes no sense whatever to me.Why would they not want perople to have affordable health care? I can only assume they do not care for the residents of Arizona. And that they only care for the needs of rich donors who can well afford their doctor bills.
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And get reelected in the process. And you hit on why Iām so cynical.
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I could not agree with you more. If anyone needs to know what long term republican "leadership looks like just look at Arizona. Web have had a republican majority in our state House and state Senate for 43+ years in a row. Weāre running a deficit and cannot pay our public schools the $300 million the state courts have said is owed so the Legislature in their generosity is doing everything they can to NOT pay whatās owed. AND STILL republicans will be returned to office here. Itās really depressing sometimes but Iāll continue to try to turn Arizona blue for its own good.
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Itās called āculling the herdā.
or a āsolution to the problemā.
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When they screw over Arizona citizens with this move, hereās hoping citizens of the State wake the hell up and vote in legislators who want to improve Arizona and thereby vote out the GOP (I know, foolishly optimistic, but there it is).
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Their objective? Beat Obama.
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I think their objective is actually to eradicate government. Killing peopleāwell, poor people anywayāis just a bonus.
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Every win for the 98% is a loss for pathological greed.
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I guess you are right but does it not seem unnecessarily cruel to willfully deny healthcare to those who cannot afford it? AND on top of that whatās even worse from a republican politicianās point of view is to deny free money with which to balance a seriously out of balance state budget. The ACA came along when Arizona was in deep financial doo doo. It was so bad in 2009 that they sold the state Capitol building (then rented it back) to get money to attempt to balance the budget. Yet they didnāt want 3 billion dollars that would come along from the Fed govāt with the ACA? As I said, I donāt understand republican thought processes (if such things actually exist).
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