EA Courier Letter to the Editor

LETTER TO THE EDITOR:

 

            THE GOVERNOR'S TEAM WAS HERE, DID THEY SUCCEED THIS TIME?

                                          (...To gain support for Expanded Medicaid.)

 

For some reason our Republican Governor sent her "A team" here to our Valley last Thursday, May 2nd, to express her "financial reasons" to support her non conservative, progressive desire to Expand Medicaid.  If Medicaid is expanded it will assist the Obama Administration in it's frenzied attempt to make Obamacare fully implemented.

 

How will that happen, you say? Expanded Medicaid is one of two legs needed by Obama to make his wish come true of socializing our state and nation's medical system. So far, it appears, he isn't making people happy as they realize their take home pay has been reduced by increased taxes, medical restrictions have occurred, perhaps they have had to find a new doctor, or perhaps they have lost their medical insurance all together.

 

And just think, Obamacare isn't fully implemented until 2014! But, remember our dear friend Nancy Pelosi told us it had to be fully implemented to know what it contained. 

 

It is understandable that Obama would want to socialize our medical system, most socialists do, but why our Republican Governor?

 

The Brewer's "A team" came here at the behest of our Graham County Republican Chair, it appears. And again the same question could be asked as of him, why?

 

Look who supports Brewer in her attempt:

1. All the Democratic Legislators, except one or two.

2. All the states Liberals, both in and out of politics.

3. At least two or three RINO Republican State Senators, who almost always vote with the Democrats.

 

Look who is opposing Brewer in her attempt:

1. 70% of all Republican voters as noted in recent Polls.

2. All of the Republican Legislative Districts (LDs) in the State.

3. All Republican Senators with the exceptions of those noted in number three above.

4. Almost all of the State County Republican Committees, but one. Which County Republican Committee isn't opposing Brewer? See the Note below:

 

NOTE: It is worth understanding that our County Republican Chairman says our County Republican Committee (all elected Republican PCs), and all his Executive Committee is said to be Neutral in this debate. Really, seeing that when most actually express themselves, they are against implementation of Expanded Medicaid. It is rumored, also, that some of his Executive Committee may be against expansion.

 

So why the Big Ongoing Debate in our State over Expansion?

 

Brewer, and her supporters as listed above, say that we can't afford not to take the Federal money "because it will be good for our State", and "if we don't take it, some other state will." That is pretty much a slippery slope when one contemplates the money isn't available to support the states to implement this monstrosity for Obama. Oh, he could borrow it from China for awhile longer, or the Fed could crank up the printing presses again. But even then, does one believe the Federal Government, and more recently the Obama Administration, to make good on many things? If the Administration defaults, our State will be on the hook to pay for this out our now meager state funds, which of course are our tax dollars. Remember when our outgoing Governor Napolitano (D) dropped this type financial problem on the state?

 

Those opposing Expansion, as listed above, say the money from Obama isn't there. This comes from our own Washington US House Delegation, personally, to Brewer.

 

If implemented, it will add at least an additional 400,000 people, legal and illegal, to the Medicaid rolls and will double the funds required. When the cost doubles, it will require up to 40% of our total state budget. That 40% number is about one and a half billion dollars. What happens to our State when the Obama Administration stops sending "our tax money" back to us to pay for our Medicaid bill? Can we say State Bankruptcy?

 

Is it an honest humanitarian effort to promise that which we can't provide? This empty promise, because it is purely political, will cause chaos in our streets as the "trigger", Brewer says she has in place, kicks in and terminates Medicaid for 400,000+ people, when the Obama Administration stops paying.

 

That is the Big Debate. Who will win? I'm being told that our Legislature has placed a balanced Budget on the Governor's desk for her signature. I'm also told she will not sign the Budget because it doesn't contain provisions to Expand Medicaid.

 

Brewer's "A team" came to get support, and the team was turned away by our brave County Leaders.

 

Now its up to WE THE PEOPLE! Tell the governor to sign the balanced budget, as is required by our State Constitution, and listen to her constituents. Cowboy Up, Governor!