jazz74 wrote:SupremeCommander wrote:This is a joke. This is a bunch of history whores overextending the country. Implementing this system will probably cost another $ trillion+. While I'm in favor of greater equality, I am not in favor of putting an even greater burden on stat governments and an even greater burden on business (in terms of money paid into healthcare). This is in violation of the 10th Amendment. The Federal Government is mandating state expenditure. New Jersey just clipped its education budget by just $900 million due to budget constraints and New Jersey is one of the wealthier states in the country.
This is bull****. This is robbing Peter to pay Paul. I want these ****ing politicians to take their thumbs out of their asses and stop pandering to history and its landmarks. I hope the DEMOCRAT from Tennessee is successful in leading the charge against this bull**** and proving this system is illegal.
so you are saying we don't need health care for everyone? are we the only first world nation without some sort of health care for everyone? it is needed and tho it needs more money, it is money by tax increase of those making $250,0000 a year, 10% of this population. i do agree with education and that is why i didnt vote for that crook christie but that is also a case in point with the conservative way of budgeting: instead of getting rid of the countless administrative positions they get rid of education programs and teaching positions. well, that is another issue and we will see nj's education rank, which was 8th in the nation, which was the highest we have been in awhile, slide back to the way it was in the early 90's and they will still blame teachers.
SupremeCommander wrote:While I'm in favor of greater equality, I am not in favor of putting an even greater burden on stat governments and an even greater burden on business
I am not in favor of spending at a huge deficit while we are already at a huge deficit. Like I said, this is robbing Peter to pay Paul. It's bull****. Another $ trillion+ in deficit is not the answer. The federal government mandating states to do **** is not the answer.
Furthermore, this is an ENTIRELY new system. It will not be implimented correctly the first iteration. that will cost more money to fix. I agree that we need healthcare reform. But we need a lot of things and financially we are, uh, strained.
As for education, taking an ax to administrators isn't an answer either. What are we going to do then? Pay healthcare for people that aren't paying in? Give them unemployment? Come on