State Legislator Opens Her Wallet
From an
op-ed from one of Missouri's state legislators regarding Medicaid budget cuts:
Before voting against the Medicaid and adoption-subsidy cuts, I urged my fellow legislators to remember that we must accept responsibility for what happens to Missourians who lose health coverage and necessary family supports.
I laud this legislator for taking personal responsibility for helping out the underprivileged and by conceding her own income to ensure they have a minimum level of sustenance....
Aw, hell, who am I kidding? By
we must accept responsibility, she means
we must compel the citizens of Missouri to take fiscal responsibility. Her only effort needs to be to act to ensure that others must act.