Author:
RODNEY-889389
USMC Veteran
Link:
http://magic3400.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/28/4083009-i-dont-want-my-tax-dollars-used-to-sue-over-health-care-reformSound familiar?
When do we get to decide what our tax dollars are spent on. If pro life supporters get to make that demand of abortion shouldn't I get to make that same demand here? If one small group of Americans can mandate that no federal funds be used to fund their cause celebre can't I state MY claim here on this issue?
At a time when state governments are running historic deficits, how can they justify the expenditure of a lengthy court fight on this issue, a issue that was settled at the ballot box with a Democratic win of historic proportions.
I think Governors should follow the Bunning rule, those expenditures must be offset with equal spending cuts or raise taxes to pay for any suits brought by states with a deficit. Since most states are REQUIRED by their state constitutions to balance state budgets it would seem impossible for states that are already in the red to move forward without raising taxes or cutting spending.
Are states willing to go before the voters and say we don't have the money to operate schools or begin laying off police, fire fighters or state workers but we had the money to sue the federal government over health care reform? Does this really make sense?
As I said earlier, I don't want my tax dollars going to law suits, I want my health care reform...I want the same consideration that politicians give to the anti-abortion crowd because access to quality health care is a life and death issue too.