http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/10/15/mckenna-is-wrong-medicaid-expansion-would-save-the-state-money Comments On: McKenna Is Wrong: Opting Out of Medicaid Expansion Would Cost the State More Money than Opting In by Goldy en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:15:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
You didn't pay a lot of attention when the Republicans forced the debt crisis, that got the nation's credit rating downgraded, did you?

This money is created by the Federal Government offering it. That's exactly what the full faith and credit is all about.

Now, the US Federal Government has never used the age-old accounting trick that other governments have used to balance the books, namely, deciding later that they simply did not need to honor some or all past promises, usually on the context that the revolution, the succession, or simply the inability of whomever to force the issue, absolved them of the obligation.

That said, there are many other techniques that can be utilized in balancing the books that are not income taxes on the currently imperiled middle class, including a mix of such disparate things as the fact that investors currently want to make what are functionally interest free loans, decreasing military or other spending, realizing future savings from a more functional health care system, tax code adjustments that actually favor the middle class, forced inflation, etc.

In short, the Federal Government is not under your supposed financial constraints.

Further, not only would we all benefit from increased spending in the US economy, and the medical field is part of that, but investors are virtually giving us money. As this stimulates the economy, that actually increases tax generation, putting additional funds into the pot to pay for themselves. It's almost like giving the Federal Government a license to print money. Which, by the way, they also have.
Posted by You're Analogizing The Wrong Parts Of A Household Budget]]> Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:26:36 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Tue, 16 Oct 2012 10:10:54 -0700 The Stranger Posted by PCM]]> Tue, 16 Oct 2012 08:34:16 -0700 The Stranger
No, Goldy. What is funny is that when you have the Megaphone of a SLOG post you are all lofty...but when someone calls you out in comments with a rational argument you show that you are just as much a goon as the other customers here.

You see, real gold glitters both on a pedestal, and in the mud.

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe]]> Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:26:43 -0700 The Stranger previously waffling states, Michigan has come to the same conclusion, and perhaps even Idaho can scrape together the intelligence to make a sensible choice.
Posted by rob!]]> Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:46:05 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Goldy]]> Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:17:20 -0700 The Stranger GOP hypocrisy.

Posted by StuckInUtah]]> Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:15:30 -0700 The Stranger In general I am glad that someone is standing up and (maybe) saying that getting "free money" from the Feds really isn't the way we should be going. First of all, that money has to come from somewhere, and that would be the income taxes of an already strapped middle class. And since the paper trail gets longer when it goes to Washington (DC) and comes back to Washington (state) people have less control and say over spending.

It's easy to say "oh, but we'll get this money from Washington", but whose money is it, and what else is it taking money from?

And if it's all about an endless cycle of free money, when will health care costs ever be curtailed? (Romney's point).

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe]]> Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:58:46 -0700 The Stranger Posted by seandr]]> Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:43:36 -0700 The Stranger Posted by floater]]> Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:38:49 -0700 The Stranger