I do not belong to any organized religion but I do believe in morals and ethics. I am constantly appalled by so-called Christians (i.e., Mike Johnson) who want the government to stop helping people through the ADA, ACA, food assistance, housing assistance or any other program. At the same time, they want the government to support tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, they want the government to provide funds when natural disasters strike and to eliminate regulations that they don't like, regardless of the consequences. Republicans seem to currently be brainwashed to believe that they, and all who look and vote like they do, should receive whatever they want from the government while everyone else shouldn't receive anything. I think they get away with this by disingenuously talking about people in need and ignoring what their voters want. I wish that we could get around the disinformation. Red states, for the most part, receive more Federal funds than Blue states. We were able to expand Medicaid in MO through a ballot initiative. The people wanted to expand Medicaid even though the Republicans controlling the legislature did not. It's also illogical to ignore those in need because, ultimately, they cost the government, and taxpayers, more when they need emergency care and when they're unable to contribute to the economy because of all the roadblocks they face. Preventive actions make so much more sense. To say nothing of the fear and helplessness that's created. We can do much better.
I do not belong to any organized religion but I do believe in morals and ethics. I am constantly appalled by so-called Christians (i.e., Mike Johnson) who want the government to stop helping people through the ADA, ACA, food assistance, housing assistance or any other program. At the same time, they want the government to support tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, they want the government to provide funds when natural disasters strike and to eliminate regulations that they don't like, regardless of the consequences. Republicans seem to currently be brainwashed to believe that they, and all who look and vote like they do, should receive whatever they want from the government while everyone else shouldn't receive anything. I think they get away with this by disingenuously talking about people in need and ignoring what their voters want. I wish that we could get around the disinformation. Red states, for the most part, receive more Federal funds than Blue states. We were able to expand Medicaid in MO through a ballot initiative. The people wanted to expand Medicaid even though the Republicans controlling the legislature did not. It's also illogical to ignore those in need because, ultimately, they cost the government, and taxpayers, more when they need emergency care and when they're unable to contribute to the economy because of all the roadblocks they face. Preventive actions make so much more sense. To say nothing of the fear and helplessness that's created. We can do much better.