California’s not circling the drain fast enough. They’ve gotta kick this thing into high gear:
California’s proposal to to offer full health coverage to undocumented adults is one of the most daring examples yet of blue-state Democrats thumbing their nose at President Trump. https://t.co/OtuArM5XD4 pic.twitter.com/hOuEuzHLQ4
— POLITICO (@politico) May 21, 2018
More from Politico:
California is poised to become the first state in the nation to offer full health coverage to undocumented adults even as the Trump administration intensifies its crackdown by separating families at the border.
The proposal — which would build on Gov. Jerry Brown’s 2015 decision to extend health coverage to all children, regardless of immigration status — is one of the most daring examples yet of blue-state Democrats thumbing their nose at President Donald Trump as they pursue diametrically opposed policies, whether on immigration, climate change, legalized marijuana or health care.
“California has never waited for the federal government, or for a political climate, to be able to take leadership on a whole host of issues,” state Sen. Ricardo Lara, author of the state Senate bill to extend Medicaid coverage to all adults, told POLITICO.
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“It seems to me astounding that California could consider an expansion like this at this particular moment,” said Paul Ginsburg, director of the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy. He described the plan as “fiscally very dangerous” given California’s fragile long-term financial outlook and the potential negative effects of the Republican tax overhaul on the state’s budget.
Well, it’s not that astounding … not if California Democrats’ main objective is “thumbing their nose at President Donald Trump.” Fiscal responsibility isn’t even on their radar.
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very expensive way to "thumb your nose" ?
— GaryJ (@Gary1863) May 21, 2018
https://twitter.com/Moj_kobe/status/998602652622598144
Basically, who cares about frivolous spending in CA (I.e bullet train) because it pisses of trumpets
— Mel ???? (@Meljanx) May 21, 2018
Bankrupting your tax base by funneling their money to illegal aliens to own the cons.
— Ben Crystal (@Bennettruth) May 21, 2018
What could possibly go wrong?
https://twitter.com/Moj_kobe/status/998601879939497984
"Nobody's miserable if everyone's miserable." -California pic.twitter.com/CZmSU1uVqW
— MementoMāori ? (@MementoMaori) May 22, 2018
Yeah, this is a great plan.
Once again citizens of California have to foot the bill for the Democrat party's attempt to buy future votes
— Rando Gammon (@RandoThreat) May 21, 2018
You wanna bankrupt yourselves, California? Fine. Just do us a favor and leave the rest of the country out of it.
Have at it, California.
— Vito Andolini (@ggranello) May 21, 2018
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