http://povertyblog.net/2009/08/11/politics-politics-and-who-always-loses/ understanding trends and what to do about them Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:17:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://povertyblog.net/2009/08/11/politics-politics-and-who-always-loses/#comment-180 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:34:48 +0000 http://povertyblog.net/?p=625#comment-180 My insinuation is that you can’t just blindly provide government services without paying for them — that’s why CA is in trouble with its budget. You have four choices: (a) raise taxes; (b) cut benefits; (c) do both; or (d) do neither (and run a deficit).

]]> http://povertyblog.net/2009/08/11/politics-politics-and-who-always-loses/#comment-177 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:55:17 +0000 http://povertyblog.net/?p=625#comment-177 Due to the brevity of your comment, I can only guess you are insinuating that California’s current budget crisis is somehow due to provision of “government-sponsored health care.” If by that last phrase you mean, government-sponsored health insurance , then you are correct, as California provides Medi-Cal (i.e. Medicaid, a federal program) and has provided Healthy Families (for uninsured children who don’t qualify for Medi-Cal; unfortunately, Healthy Families isn’t enrolling new clients due to the state budget problems). The causes of the state’s budget problems are much more complicated than just the providing of health insurance, they are, well, political…which was the point of my post. When the end game is just about which political party scores more points, the real losers will be the poor and vulnerable.

]]> http://povertyblog.net/2009/08/11/politics-politics-and-who-always-loses/#comment-176 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:27:51 +0000 http://povertyblog.net/?p=625#comment-176 Doesn’t California already provide government-sponsored health care? And how’s that working out?

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