Georgia Republicans: It's not worth $10 a year to me to save your life, neighbor.

[gateley]

Just heard on Malloy that Georgia voters defeated a $10 annual license plate fee that would go to Georgia's trauma centers.

The facts I recall (I heard it in the car):

1. Georgia only has 17 hospitals designated as trauma centers.

2. Most Georgians are more than 50 miles away from the nearest trauma center.

3. Georgia has more traffic related deaths than the national average. (Don't recall if it was per capita or just sheer numbers.)

4. After an auto accident medical help during the first hour is critical in whether or not an accident victim lives or dies.

I forget how many trauma centers would Georgia SHOULD have, but what they DO have falls way, way, short.

Malloy blames the Republicans and the Tea Party for making people so adverse to any tax and so afraid the government won't put the tax dollars where they say they will that even TEN DOLLARS A FUCKING YEAR is rejected. I agree.

This was a State initiative, no Federal Government, no Obama, this was a designated fee, yet the automatic reaction is NO!

I'm so sorry for the good people of Georgia who deserve better. Drive safely. :hug:

[msongs]

1. Republican health plan = get sick and die. too bad dems didnt run THAT ad nt

[Wounded Bear]

4. You left out the part about.....

"but give me all your money and worldly possessions before you do."

[DiverDave]

6. Until it happens to THEM

Then they will be all for it.

Then the other rednecks will call them communists.

[Wounded Bear]

2. There's a lot of that going on....

They'd rather die a painful death in a Libertarian paradise than get socialized medicine.

:shrug:

[Angry Dragon]

3. It seems that they have their own Death Panels in Georgia

[gateley]

7. Yeah, your next door neighbor. nt

[Angry Dragon]

13. I have no idea what your reference is to

[gateley]

15. The Death Panels in GA are your next door neighbors - the people who wouldn't

vote for the $10 fee.

[Angry Dragon]

17. I do not live in Georgia

I had an argument with a friend about an education levy and he thought he should not have pay for schools because he no longer had kids in school. I voted for one where I live and have never voted against one. I also do not have children in school.

[gateley]

18. It was the universal "you" (if that's the right term). Not you, Angry Dragon. I

probably should have said "yeah, their neighbors" or something to indicate I meant the citizens of AZ. This was in response to your Death Panel comment which, by the way, I thought was pretty right on. Too bad I mucked it up. :7

[Angry Dragon]

21. I understand now

Thank you fro the clarification

Have a nice day and weekend

[MrScorpio]

5. Par for the course, baby

Par for the course

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. We had the same reaction here in San Diego

a libertarian paradise.

The city put a half cent sales tax to help fund shit like oh police and fire... nothing non-important. It failed something like 65 to 35

They won't get it until they call 911 and nobody gets to them in less than an hour.

[gateley]

10. How do these people expect government to run? Puhleeze don't tell me the

middle class wants to see those services turned over to private enterprise.

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. they want something for nothing

Today a cop was buried, and like every cop killed in the line of duty we had a large caravan to honor him.

So the idiot grognard was annoyed at the use of tax payer resources to do what cops do...

Hell this guy would have objected to the pretty lights and sirens UNLESS they are responding to his broken nail... yes I have met those people.

But seriously, people believe that this cots no money or it is funded with faerie dust. I pointed to him that little fact, and he went over waste and spending. So I pointed out that an ambulance before you equip it, runs about 50K, and the GURNEY about 5K... after he of course he accused me of not knowing nothing 'bout these things. When he asked me how I knew this, I pointed how... that shut him up like THIS FAST.

And to the Officer. RIP, 17 year veteran killed in the line of duty.

[gateley]

14. People don't care about each other anymore. The Ugly Americans. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. It is part of the polarization

and a society that is falling apart.

[provis99]

9. yep. Its the Southernization of politics.

All part of the hate taxes, love guns and religion, and stick it to the black man that infects the republican party today.

[jgraz]

11. Remind me again why we fought to get them back in the Union

:shrug:

[BlueIris]

16. Ugly.

It's amazing to think such a place produced one of America's greatest presidents (my beloved James Earl Carter.)

[Liquorice]

19. People are complaining that the wording on the ballot was tricky. The

ballot asked whether the Constitution of Georgia should be amended to include an annual $10 trauma charge. I think some people didn't know what it meant. Very sad. Everyone thought it was going to pass, and I never saw or heard any opposition to it in the local media.

[Lorien]

20. I've known some Georgia repugs. They would rather their own family member die without

a trauma center than know that a dollar of theirs went to help a poor person or a minority (even if they're dirt poor themselves-they just won't accept it). Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face!

[One_Life_To_Give]

23. 10 miles to trauma center and we used helicopter

When LifeStar first began operating. Never thought that as close as we were, we would see much of it. Wasn't long though before that 10-15 minutes it saved and the expertise of the personnel onboard it became unthinkable not to call for any serious trauma case.

[Brewman_Jax]

24. Georgia went even redder

and this to add. Too many stupid people would rather starve than share. :(