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« on: July 16, 2015, 07:06:15 PM »
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150716/NEWS/150719919
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« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2015, 12:05:01 AM »
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« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2015, 12:11:33 AM »
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« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2015, 01:46:05 AM »
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« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2015, 01:59:18 AM »
Walker winning was definitely one of the bright spots of the 2014 election.
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« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2015, 02:58:33 AM »
Had to look up who Bill Walker was.
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« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2015, 03:13:28 AM »
Quote from: PJ on July 17, 2015, 01:59:18 AM
Walker winning was definitely one of the bright spots of the 2014 election.

Which Walker? haha
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« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2015, 03:18:28 AM »
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« Reply #8 on: July 17, 2015, 04:22:02 AM »
This thread makes me slightly sick.
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« Reply #9 on: July 17, 2015, 09:40:40 AM »

Well if you move to Alaska, my friend, that sickness will be cleared up quick!
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« Reply #10 on: July 17, 2015, 09:56:35 AM »
Quote from: Crabby And His Moron Brothers on July 17, 2015, 09:40:40 AM

Well if you move to Alaska, my friend, that sickness will be cleared up quick!

He's probably still better off with the NHS.
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« Reply #11 on: July 17, 2015, 10:05:42 AM »
Wasn't this guy elected with a combination of Democrats and Tea Partiers?  I wonder what his Tea Party supporters think of this.
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« Reply #12 on: July 17, 2015, 11:52:50 AM »
Quote from: Mehmentum on July 17, 2015, 10:05:42 AM
Wasn't this guy elected with a combination of Democrats and Tea Partiers?  I wonder what his Tea Party supporters think of this.

This was probably the largest plank of his platform, so no one should be surprised.
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« Reply #13 on: July 17, 2015, 11:53:00 AM »
Quote from: Mehmentum on July 17, 2015, 10:05:42 AM
Wasn't this guy elected with a combination of Democrats and Tea Partiers?  I wonder what his Tea Party supporters think of this.

They might like how he's going against the government, but dislike how he's taking an apparent Democratic position.
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« Reply #14 on: July 17, 2015, 11:53:32 AM »
I'm not going to go as far to call an elected official in the United States an FF just because of this, although I do approve of doing good things, even if you have no legal authority to do so.
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« Reply #15 on: July 17, 2015, 03:27:15 PM »
Quote from: SomebodyWhoExists on July 17, 2015, 11:53:32 AM
I'm not going to go as far to call an elected official in the United States an FF just because of this, although I do approve of doing good things, even if you have no legal authority to do so.

The problem with that is not everyone agrees what is good.  That's kind of why we set up our government the way it is...
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« Reply #16 on: July 17, 2015, 03:30:49 PM »
Quote from: Αλληλεγγύη on July 17, 2015, 09:56:35 AM
Quote from: Crabby And His Moron Brothers on July 17, 2015, 09:40:40 AM

Well if you move to Alaska, my friend, that sickness will be cleared up quick!

He's probably still better off with the NHS.

No, the death panels that run the NHS would take Phony and eliminate him Sad
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« Reply #17 on: July 17, 2015, 09:58:24 PM »
Quote from: Crabby And His Moron Brothers on July 17, 2015, 03:30:49 PM
Quote from: Αλληλεγγύη on July 17, 2015, 09:56:35 AM
Quote from: Crabby And His Moron Brothers on July 17, 2015, 09:40:40 AM

Well if you move to Alaska, my friend, that sickness will be cleared up quick!

He's probably still better off with the NHS.

No, the death panels that run the NHS would take Phony and eliminate him Sad

He would probably be eliminated while waiting for the death panels, though. Sad
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« Reply #18 on: July 17, 2015, 10:13:28 PM »
Well he just made all Democratic and liberal support for him justified.
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« Reply #19 on: July 19, 2015, 12:58:18 PM »
Quote from: Rockefeller GOP on July 17, 2015, 03:27:15 PM
Quote from: SomebodyWhoExists on July 17, 2015, 11:53:32 AM
I'm not going to go as far to call an elected official in the United States an FF just because of this, although I do approve of doing good things, even if you have no legal authority to do so.

The problem with that is not everyone agrees what is good.  That's kind of why we set up our government the way it is...

This. I can't believe anyone is supporting what he's doing, or rather the way he's doing it.
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« Reply #20 on: July 19, 2015, 02:36:07 PM »
Tbf I'm a strong believer that the American system of checks and balances is dumb as hell. You apparently can't get anything done unless every one of the eight thousand branches of government align with you by random happenstance. grim.
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« Reply #21 on: July 19, 2015, 08:02:24 PM »
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« Reply #22 on: July 19, 2015, 08:06:49 PM »
Quote from: Mehmentum on July 17, 2015, 10:05:42 AM
Wasn't this guy elected with a combination of Democrats and Tea Partiers?  I wonder what his Tea Party supporters think of this.

With support from Sarah Palin too.
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« Reply #23 on: July 19, 2015, 08:39:32 PM »
I think it's misleading to say he was elected with "Tea Party" backing.

The major divide in the Alaska GOP isn't between conservatives and moderates. It's between reformers and advocates of institutionalized corruption.

Walker was backed by the reformers, of which Sarah Palin is one. Remember, on the state level, she's actually one of the relative good guys. That's why she had like 70% approval at one point.
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« Reply #24 on: July 20, 2015, 12:57:14 AM »
« Edited: July 20, 2015, 01:00:06 AM by shua »
Quote from: Crabby And His Moron Brothers on July 19, 2015, 02:36:07 PM
Tbf I'm a strong believer that the American system of checks and balances is dumb as hell. You apparently can't get anything done unless every one of the eight thousand branches of government align with you by random happenstance. grim.

Strongly disagree with you on that principle, but in this case there is still some checks and balances in that the legislature could decide to reconvene to stop this, or to try and reverse it once they come back in session.    Whether this goes against the spirit of the law... it's enough for me to have mixed feelings about this, even though I think accepting Medicaid dollars is better than not if another plan to cover the population is not available.
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