The poor are not perceived as voters. You can see that's what legislators think when they make these spending decisions.
In a year when they just announced that they have $3 billion in extra revenue coming in, it seems rather tragic that we're launching a massive experiment with people's lives.
In a year they have so much money available, they don't need to be taking it and spreading it out to other areas.
These are families that are following the rules. These are legal immigrants. There's plenty of money. I guess there just wasn't the will to care for uninsured children.
I anticipated a cut, but I didn't think it would be that big.
You have to restore the outreach and you have to be in the community.
Building up reserves for the sake of reserves is just as questionable as spending when you don't need to. The poor pay these taxes, too. And there are needs.
The (contractor) provider is increasingly having more authority on services they are going to provide.
Historically, we're not allowed to have more than one migrant issue each session. So overall, we've done very well.
It's a first to have a bill up and out in the first week. That is a historical event.