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Tag: HB4717

The Line Was Crossed

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Tue Jun 11, 2013 at 11:23:34 AM EST
Tags: Michigan, Governor, Rick Snyder, RINO, Validation By Association, Republicans, HB4717, Cronyism, ACA, Expansion, Big Government, Short Term Gains, Primaries, Line In Sand, Alan Keyes, Romney (all tags)

Conservative activists and organizers from across the state of Michigan have had enough.

As promised, Governor Snyder will have to face the reality that the conservative base might well leave him to fend for himself as he repeatedly (and without remorse) promotes expansion of the ACA in Michigan. Joan Fabiano and Jen Kuznicki in an article and open letter to the Governor explain that Republicans should, and will not be casting their vote for him in the coming election.

"It is with careful consideration that we decide on a course of action that is, in our view, politically problematic, but nonetheless a forthright answer to a governor who will not listen to his base: Conservatives should not help this Governor get reelected."

This decision does not come easy, and the letter is signed as well by some of the most effective grassroots leaders in the state.

Many are concerned that The 2014 Democrat candidate for governor is likely to take advantage of this, and they are correct. Thus another reason to fight for, and support the legislators who stand up for limited government intrusion into our lives; something clearly pointed out as part of the problem with the ACA by Fabiano and Kuznicki:

'Unsustainable consequences of the passing of the "Affordable" Care Act will leave millions without a job, and millions with cut hours and wages. Those consequences lead us to believe that expansion will overwhelm the system, rip off doctors, temporarily prop up hospitals, all leading to requests for more taxpayer funding on both the State and Federal levels.
Medicaid expansion is not solely a fiscal issue, it gets to the heart of the role of government in our lives. Take into consideration the life of a restaurant worker who has been working full time. Due to Obamacare, he will be facing a cut in hours because of the fees placed upon his employer by the cynical law. He will lose his health insurance as a result, and he will be eligible for Medicaid if the state expands it. You have, at the hands of government, changed that man's life from being a hard-working climber to one that has been knocked back by a government he is in charge of. He has lost half of his income so that the government can manage his life.'

And all of this merely the tip of the iceberg.

Continued below the fold

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