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Double standard; Editorial; Beaver County Times; January 27, 2011.
My first reaction is to oppose Gov. Corbett’s action, but without knowing all the ins and outs of these programs it’s tough to know how bad it is.
As I understand the request by Mr. Corbett, the request is to be funded with funds already allocated to other states for their versions of “PA Fair Care” but were not used by those states. Though I still don’t like the idea, it may be a case of making sure PA taxpayers don’t end up subsidizing other states.
That the Times speaks of “hypocrisy” is a hoot. For at least the last four years preceding the 2008 election, and likely from the first day of the Bush administration, Times editorials constantly and correctly complained about federal deficit spending, the country’s growing debt, and the burden that debt puts on us and future generations. Referring to these complaints as crocodile tears, I questioned the motives in my critiques because Times editorials concurrently lobbied for more spending on just about every proposal that came down the pike. As I’ve noted previously, since we elected President Obama, Times editorials now support deficit spending. Seven examples are “Last resort,” “Limited options,” “Budget crunch,” “Making the grade,” “Failing grade,” “Move it along,” and “Double-dip recession.”
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