If there is a progressive in the White House and conservatives control the statehouses, most of America will never feel the full impact of progressive policies.
If there is a progressive in the White House and conservatives control the statehouses, most of America will never feel the full impact of progressive policies. The Affordable Care Act included what was essentially free money for states to expand Medicaid to insure their citizens. States with Democratic governors leapt at the opportunity to take care of their citizens without affecting their already tight budgets. Many Republican governors became the first politicians in recorded history to turn down free money and forced their citizens to go without lifesaving health care. There was no argument about fiscal responsibility or small government. The whole point was to fuck with Obama’s policy. The less successful the policy, the better the chances of defeating Obama in 2012 or another Democrat in 2016. I don’t want to be overdramatic about this, but a lot of people died because Republican politicians cared more about hurting Obama than helping their fellow human beings.
