Anyone know what qualifies as “low-income?” What do the 100,000 ADULTS that need Medicaid bring home?

I couldn’t help but wonder how much larger the deficit would be if BLunt hadn’t cut all those deadbeats off of Medicaid. I look forward to seeing Nixon’s solution to this.

Nixon is a blow hard. The GOP gave him this race. Blunt’s last minute bow out and Kenny Hulshoff who nobody really knows. We cannot put these deadbeats back on Medicaid. I do not want my taxes going to them. Period.

Nixon’s magic solution: Raise taxes. I’ll save a few minutes for his speech writer … just copy and paste this:

Republicans point with pride to Missouri’s status as a low tax state. In fact, in a time when we are in need of substantial investments in our state, this is not a point of pride, but of shame. Low taxes represent missed opportunities for improving our infrastructure, investing in education for our children, and providing healthcare for the most vulnerable citizens of our state.

States with higher tax rates are seeing worse budget deficits than Missouri. Look at Illinois, they have a higher tax rate than Missouri and their infrastructure is falling apart, schools haven’t received higher funding, and the state is facing a $ 2 billion deficit. Raising taxes doesn’t solve all the problems, it’s about making priories on a budget that must make sure that the most important things (schools, public safety, roads) receive the funding needed. Higher taxes won’t bring in all the money needed and will not encourage anyone to invest in Missouri if they are taxed more for any income they bring in.

I can also write the op/eds that will appeer in the Post next spring

Nixon = great humanitarian that only wants to help

GOP in the Legislature = Evil SOBs that won’t give St. Nixon the money he needs (tax increases)

Eric, Eddie, Kevin: what do you say we triple the tax on newspapers, and 100% will go to restore Medicaid?

Way to “lay ground work”. That is just what we need. Oh and now that we have no money we are still going to pay for college and insurance for more people. I called it in an earlier post. Nixon has no “onions”. Being a governor is much different that being a prosecuter. Unpopular decisions will have to be made.

How about cutting Division of Family Services. These short-haired, twisted lesbians TELL parents how you can/can’t raise your children why they suck you dry finacially w/ help from the courts. Review capital improvement projects? Go low bid, in-state or out? Nepotism be damned. It’s who you know, how much can I get, & what’s the daily per-diem. I have sooooo much to say, sooooo little space.

Sounds like a re-making of the Holden B movie. Hanaway and Bearden stood up to Holden and the Republican Senate back during the last economic crisis and turned out to be right.

Hope Richard’s and Icet and the rest of the House have the intestinal fortitude and smarts that Hanaway and the House had back then. They may be the only line of protection for the taxpayers.

It is typical Democrat talk. It means he doesn’t have a clue. But maybe if he waits long enough, things will get better on their own and he can take credit for it. Or, when the Republican general assembly tackles the problem, he can criticize it as being mean spirited when funding cuts have to be made somewhere. Whatever the case, you won’t hear Jay Nixon giving any specifics on what needs to be cut. After all, he’s a Democrat and their solution is always the simple one, raises taxes to pay for it. But with a Republican general assembly, we don’t have to worry about that for another couple of years.

And why isn’t Baby Blunt doing/saying anything? He’s still the gov for over a month to go. Blunt,who let Ameren get off lightly after Taum Sauk. Blunt, who cannot manage his own email.

P.S. to the commentor who thinks that all on Medicaid are deadbeats: may you never fall ill, grow old, lose a job through no fault of your own, or have a congenital condition yourself, or have an imperfect child which prevents a 40-60 hour work week. Yes, probably some are working the system, but no one I’ve ever known personally on Medicaid is there voluntarily.

Of course Nixon doesn’t have specifics yet. He’s still functioning as attorney general while trying to get up to speed. Will he be perfect? Nope. Will he get everything he wants? Nope. But hope is about trying…hopelessness is giving up. “Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law.” — Missouri state motto, and that “welfare” doesn’t mean the handout type.

Excellent comments Teresa.

Dang Right Wing Rag the Post Dispatch Nixon’s not even in office yet and already there are attacks. At least give him a chance before you right wingers attack!

(That was fun)

JasonB,
I’m trying to figure out how you republicans always talk about the fact that Holden left a deficit for Blunt but then you talk about the great job that Hanaway and Bearden stood up to him to save the day. How can you have it both ways?

Elemenatary UnionBubba - elementary.

Holden wanted to raise taxes by almost a billion dollars. Hanaway and crew not only refused to take the unnecessary action but presented alternatives. Holden refused to see the need to make changes in the way the state spent money. Hanaway and crew saved the day by not allowing Holden to dig the state into a deeper hole than he and Carnahan and the democrat controlled legislature had dug over the last 50 years - which grew even deeper and faster in the Carnahan years with the use of modern digging machines.

I share Jackson’s concerns that the Republican Senate had a go along to get along attitude early in the Holden days and finally woke up and came around more to the House thinking - although not all together since they are the Senate. Nodler is already saying he “trusts” Goode’s numbers. The funny thing is - Goode got the answers to the questions he asked. Ask the right questions the right way - you get the answers you are looking for. That doesn’t make the answer correct - just right for the questions you asked.