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Comments :: Today @NCCapitol (Jan. 31): Lawmakers not waiting on governor's Medicaid decision

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Are the republican legislators trying to say their Governor don't know what he's doing by going ahead with a bill of their own? Seems that way to me.

Here's a bunch of good ideas:

Limit Medicaid, die on your own dime.

Try to figure out who is a low life moocher so they can't buy lottery tickets. We'll figure out a way to enforce it later.

Keep worrying about sweepstakes machines because with so many other less important issues it's imperative that we keep going after the poor and make sure they live their lives according to our doctrine.

Amend the constitution to make sure workers rights do not exist under any circumstances. Otherwise how can we keep the working class down so the aristocracy can rule?

We've got to make sure drunk fools can bring their guns into bars. No lapse in judgement should ever be denied a gunfighter.

And finally lets keep Beth Woods as State Auditor without challenge. We need someone handling the states money who doesn't pay her taxes or parking tickets.

At all costs lets not introduce any legislation to help create jobs or increase salaries. No time with the social and big business agenda.

Here's a bunch of good ideas:

Limit Medicaide, die on your dime...not mine.

Wanna hear a joke?

The US health care system.

Seems no one in the GOP gets it.

hp277, the Federal exchange isn't going to be one-size-fits-all. Oh no, it's BETTER.

The Feds are going to have to modify their own systems for each state and in different ways. They're in a panic because they expected the states to set up their own exchanges, but many are folding their arms and saying, "No, you show us how well your system works."

If you think our own dear DHHS can't keep a story straight, just wait till you're a victim of the Fed's attempts to interpret State laws.

GrandOnion said..strange then that the GOP ever managed to win.....

Took a hundred years , but the folks in NC (Dems included)just got too fed up with the Jim Black, Mike Easly corrupt politics.

Maybe your boy John Edwards will run for Governor....LOL

Wow, so easy to show why GOP won. Its not really strange at all.

While Governor McCrory says he is studying the issue of expanding the States Medicaid system, make no mistake in the end he will likely be in sync with the General Assembly not to do so. I'm reasonably sure studying the issue is nothing more than political imagery. The Governor in theory is supposed to represent all citizens of NC, whereas members of the General Assembly usually just look out the interests of the consistency that voted for them. They don't have to mince words when it comes to a position on an issue. The Governor does if he wants to get and retain the respect and/or support of the overall State population.

kgbeme- WRAL has a new "tool" that lets them track McCrory and the Legislatures progress and they are going to use it daily to make sure that they are doing their job. Too bad they did not care if the DEMS were for the last 150 years.

"Taxpayers pay for this. I don't get the assertion that Feds pay for this or the state pays for that. It is our money that funds these programs.kgbeme

NOT in a liberal world... it's not..."

Of course its our money whether its from Fed or State taxes.....its simply the cost of living in a civilized country.

""steal what from the poor? They dont have anything already! Except big screen TVs, cell phiones, cars, name brnad clothes and sneakers, those poor?"

your fevered imagination doesn't count.

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