Posted on 10/27/2010 6:44:13 AM PDT by Libloather
The Propositions
By Arizona Daily Wildcat
Updated: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 03:10
Proposition 106
Proposition 106 would amend the Arizona Constitution to block any rules mandating participation in a health care system. It purports to ensure that Arizona residents have the right to enroll in a private health care system.
In reality, the chief goal of Prop. 106 is to undermine federal law, in particular H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, better known by the pejorative "Obamacare." However, anyone with a basic knowledge of civics understands that states cannot override federal law; this attempt to do so is costly, pointless and embarrassing for Arizona. In a time when Arizona has had to repeatedly balance its budget by slashing social programs, more or less inviting a federal lawsuit would be financially irresponsible. The proposition is a rash knee-jerk reaction to an unpopular federal measure and nothing more.
In addition, universal public health care would greatly benefit Arizona citizens. Arizona has one of the highest percentages of uninsured people in the nation, particularly uninsured children. Those people have the right to health care, but can't afford it. Plus, even those who can currently afford private health insurance would benefit from H.R. 3962, as reducing the number of people who receive health care they can't pay for would drive down health care costs across the board.
Because it's a costly, irresponsible waste of time and would hurt, rather than help, Arizona citizens, vote NO on Proposition 106.
You can bet that the bozos down at the 9th Circus are already chompin’ at the bit to throw this one out.
Not true. Who Is Exempt From Social Security Tax?
In Connecticut, state and local government retirees are exempt.
I did not know that.
“Proponents of Proposition 107, which is sneakily called the Arizona Civil Rights Amendment, would like you to believe that workplace and education discrimination no longer exist in Arizona.”
No bias there!
And the text of 107?
“This state shall not grant preferential treatment to or discriminate against any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education or public contracting.”
IMO, this is EXACTLY what the whole problem is. Who in their right mind would place the sole "interpretive" power of a contract into one of the parties of that contract?
ESPECIALLY the "created" party. The federal government is a creation of the pre-existing state entities.
Contrary to the closing sentance of the basic thread Vote YES on this propisition.
The 9th Circus is a joke. Impeach the entire 9th Circus.
Yoo Hoo, beware you blackrobed totalitarians, you are next!
As I’ve been saying,
first we remove elitists from positions of power,
then we dismantle those positions of power so they
have nothing to go back to.
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