Counties want more money
Well of course they do -- doesn't everyone? The biggest problem here is that in order for the counties to get more money, they have to TAKE IT from people by force!
At issue here is the ever growing, expanding exponentially, completely unconstitutional program called Medicaid. In North Carolina, the federal government pays 60% of the Medicaid bills, the state pays about 30%, and the county is expected to pay 10%. The problem is that the county doesn't get to decide WHO gets Medicaid. So in other words, this is a completely unfunded mandate -- the state and the federal government tells the county to spend money on a program, tells them how much to spend, but then doesn't provide the money. There's a real, real easy solution to this problem for the county -- tell the state and the feds where they can go. Inform them they need to take a long walk off a short pier. What can they do? Is the federal government going to stop giving the county the rest of the money? OoooO! Is the federal government going to come crashing into North Carolina and arrest the county commissioners for NOT spending money? I'd LOVE to see that one! The Medicaid program is way out of control. It's very obviously unconstitutional and it is NOT compassionate in any way, shape, or form -- it's theft. Counties, if you want to control your budgets, get out of the Medicaid business -- it's YOUR county, YOU get to decide what to do there, NOT the federal government.
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