Thirteen state Attorneys General are threatening to file suit over the constitutionality of the US Senate's "health care" bill. At issue is the provision added to get the 60th Democrat, Ben Nelson (D - Nebraska), on board. The provision exempts only the state of Nebraska from Medicaid payments totaling $100 million. Who pays Nebraska's tab? The US taxpayers, of course.
Bravo to these thirteen AGs. This bit of pork is Washington at its worst; the Senate Democrat "leadership" using taxpayer money to buy the vote it needed to cut off debate and ram through their bad bill.
What's sad is that only Republican Attorneys General are on board with this potential lawsuit. Democrat AGs are more loyal to their party than to their taxpayers or to common sense, apparently.
One Democrat that should join the suit is Massachusetts AG Martha Coakley. Coakley could make some Good Government/Outsider points in her US Senate race by standing up to this outrageous Pork Provision. She'll never do that, however. She already has learned to play the Washington game, as discussed in a previous post.
Bravo to these thirteen AGs. This bit of pork is Washington at its worst; the Senate Democrat "leadership" using taxpayer money to buy the vote it needed to cut off debate and ram through their bad bill.
What's sad is that only Republican Attorneys General are on board with this potential lawsuit. Democrat AGs are more loyal to their party than to their taxpayers or to common sense, apparently.
One Democrat that should join the suit is Massachusetts AG Martha Coakley. Coakley could make some Good Government/Outsider points in her US Senate race by standing up to this outrageous Pork Provision. She'll never do that, however. She already has learned to play the Washington game, as discussed in a previous post.
It's also worth noting that Nelson, with his hand caught in the cookie jar, can only come up with a defense of "it wasn't my idea." That, if true (as reported in the linked story below), is sad. Whether his idea or not, this Medicaid provision is deplorable and every Washington Democrat that supports it should be ashamed of themself.
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