Today at the Georgia State Capital we had "Family Day". The average working stiff can go and talk about the issues affecting the family because of our state government policies and procedures.
One hot topic was health care insurance for the poor. Medicaid Peachcare, insurance for the working poor's children (statistically most of the poor work here in Georgia) is going to fall so short-funded, that the state wants to cut 100,000 to 150,000 CHILDREN off the program and stop all new enrollment (approx. 150,000-200,000 are eligible but not enrolled) to save money and bring Medicaid into budget. This is "necessary" because the Federal USA government is declining to fund the difference.
However, one of the issues on the table is that the state of Georgia has decided to spend several Million dollars building Boat Ramps for Fishing to attract better tourism. Yea, you got it ... it's "The Trickle Down Effect". Because Tourism dollars improves any economy.
2007-02-10
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