February 25, 2016
By David Wright
Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida (click here) is in serious danger of losing his home state to Republican presidential rival Donald Trump, a new poll shows.
RUBIO: Well, here is the distinguishing factor. Under
ObamaCare, when you turn Medicaid over to the
states what you're saying to them is the money will be available up
front for the expansion for a few years, then the money will go away but
you get stuck with the unfunded liability. I'm not saying we should do
that. I'm actually saying that what we
should do is take the existing federal funding that we use for some of
these programs, and we're still working through which ones those should
be, collapse them in to one central federal agency that would then
transfer that money to fund innovative state
programs that address the same issues. But it would be funded, it
wouldn't be something where states are told you get the money for a few
years then we'll back away. And it should be revenue neutral....
Florida has a high population percentage with health care issues; both the elderly and working poor. Florida has refused to accept the Medicaid expansion and as a result Floridians with children have died. Men, women and the elderly with inability to conduct their lives because of their income are dying in Florida. The reasons are easy, the refusal by the Florida governor and legislature to accept Medicaid expansion.
We know it for a fact. People have died unneedlessly because their states have refused the Medicaid expansion. Mr. Rubio's idea to award Medicaid moneys as a block grant will make the circumstances of the working poor and elderly worse.
Block grants are awarded to states and are used for whatever method the state wants to issue them. Block grants of federal Medicaid dollars can be used by states to balance a budget without providing services to those needing them. It is ridiculous to think Republicans have an answer to health care. They had decades to end the deaths of uninsured Americans, did they do anything about it? No. They let people die and it didn't bother them not one bit.
During those decades Ronald Reagan was in the White House and homelessness exploded in the USA.
So, Marco Rubio can play in his sandbox insulting other candidates, but, that is a convenient way of avoiding the real problems of Americans.
He backs Speaker Ryan's vision. I suppose if he doesn't have his own vision Ryan's is convenient. But, Ryan turns Medicare into a voucher program. That is not good for Americans.
His ideas about guns are no different from every other radical Republican. This is his reason for extremist views:
Criminals will ignore gun laws because they're criminals (click here)
Well, that is a stroke of genius. This is THE premise Republicans use to pander to the gun rights groups. Instead of finding ways to limit guns and gun violence the Republican Party gives in and turns it over to the Supreme Court to write the legislation.
Military style weapons can be regulated as stated by the Supreme Court and restated in recent decisions. Yet, with the knowledge of what is constitutional and what is not the Republican legislature in Washington, DC hides under the bed because they are afraid of the raging storm called gun lobbyists.
The federal Republicans simply state "It is a states' rights issue." "W"rong. The test of the issues have gone through the Supreme Court more than once and there is still no comprehensive federal law that prevents guns to travel over state lines. In states with stringent gun laws are actually degraded because of the lack of federal legislation. New York City and Chicago are prime example of it.
There are incredible numbers of deaths in our cities and while they try their best to legislate laws that would work FOR THEM, the lack of federal laws are absent causing problems for cities. Deaths are meaningless to Republicans and Marco Rubio is proving to be stamped out of the same "Inside DC" machine.
By David Wright
Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida (click here) is in serious danger of losing his home state to Republican presidential rival Donald Trump, a new poll shows.
Trump leads Rubio 44% to 28% in the Sunshine State, according to a Quinnipiac University poll of Florida released Thursday.
Sen.
Ted Cruz of Texas placed third with 12% support, ahead of Ohio Gov.
John Kasich at 7% and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson with 4%.
The
survey shows Florida voters are beginning to make up their minds: Only
5% of likely Republican primary voters said they are undecided, though
30% say they may change which candidate they support....
Marco Rubio has no desire to save people's lives.
Q: You outlined turning (click here) over major poverty programs like Head Start to
the states. But some of the states opted out of federal programs like
Medicaid.
Florida has a high population percentage with health care issues; both the elderly and working poor. Florida has refused to accept the Medicaid expansion and as a result Floridians with children have died. Men, women and the elderly with inability to conduct their lives because of their income are dying in Florida. The reasons are easy, the refusal by the Florida governor and legislature to accept Medicaid expansion.
We know it for a fact. People have died unneedlessly because their states have refused the Medicaid expansion. Mr. Rubio's idea to award Medicaid moneys as a block grant will make the circumstances of the working poor and elderly worse.
Block grants are awarded to states and are used for whatever method the state wants to issue them. Block grants of federal Medicaid dollars can be used by states to balance a budget without providing services to those needing them. It is ridiculous to think Republicans have an answer to health care. They had decades to end the deaths of uninsured Americans, did they do anything about it? No. They let people die and it didn't bother them not one bit.
During those decades Ronald Reagan was in the White House and homelessness exploded in the USA.
So, Marco Rubio can play in his sandbox insulting other candidates, but, that is a convenient way of avoiding the real problems of Americans.
He backs Speaker Ryan's vision. I suppose if he doesn't have his own vision Ryan's is convenient. But, Ryan turns Medicare into a voucher program. That is not good for Americans.
His ideas about guns are no different from every other radical Republican. This is his reason for extremist views:
Criminals will ignore gun laws because they're criminals (click here)
Well, that is a stroke of genius. This is THE premise Republicans use to pander to the gun rights groups. Instead of finding ways to limit guns and gun violence the Republican Party gives in and turns it over to the Supreme Court to write the legislation.
Military style weapons can be regulated as stated by the Supreme Court and restated in recent decisions. Yet, with the knowledge of what is constitutional and what is not the Republican legislature in Washington, DC hides under the bed because they are afraid of the raging storm called gun lobbyists.
The federal Republicans simply state "It is a states' rights issue." "W"rong. The test of the issues have gone through the Supreme Court more than once and there is still no comprehensive federal law that prevents guns to travel over state lines. In states with stringent gun laws are actually degraded because of the lack of federal legislation. New York City and Chicago are prime example of it.
There are incredible numbers of deaths in our cities and while they try their best to legislate laws that would work FOR THEM, the lack of federal laws are absent causing problems for cities. Deaths are meaningless to Republicans and Marco Rubio is proving to be stamped out of the same "Inside DC" machine.
