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Biden administration pleads with states after millions of kids lose Medicaid coverage
(www.politico.com)
this post was submitted on 19 Dec 2023
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This is why I hate Biden. All he does is beg his enemies to be merciful. He won't play for keeps.
I don't hate Biden for this. His hands are completely tied because of federalism and the separation of powers.
What I hate is that his hands are tied because of those things and it's hurting kids. It's a shitty system of government that seems designed to prevent progress. Which I guess I should expect from something written by slavers.
His hands aren't tied, he just refuses to use any of the tools available to him.
For example, he could withhold federal funding from states that refuse to comply.
Can he do that? I thought Congress controlled the purse.
Trump had no problem withholding federal funds from things he didn't like.
Sure, he might lose the fight if he tries, but there's a gulf between "try and fail" vs "beg"
Why not ask him to personally murder a Republican governor? After all, your guy Trump would do it...
... there's a huge gulf between "withhold federal funds" and "murder political opponents" 🙄
Based on historical events, that will just allow them to make further cuts to programs that support the poor and minorities because "we can't afford these programs". Cutting funding as a threat to conservatives who don't want to spend government money on the less fortunate is counterproductive.
Conservatives are re-directing and outright pocketing federal funds wherever possible. They employ privately held interests and invent money-hiding bureaucratic schemes to provide bullshit services.
I live in Texas where this has been the case for decades. State services here are effectively non-existent because of it, yet we receive quite a bit of federal funds. Where does it all go? Into our governor's friends' pockets (and thus to him as well).
If the feds want services to actually reach red state residents, they will need to exclude the state entirely from the process. Period.
A conservative politician is simply not capable of making a choice that benefits others. Conservatives will never permit their state social support systems to function effectively, as long as they have any say in it.
They could make further cuts right now, no need to wait for Biden to give them justification. Why do you think they don't
They do make cuts already, it just gives them even more of an excuse. That is why it is counterproductive, more fuel for the dumpster fire with zero possible upside.
They don't need an excuse. They could just do it.
Why don't they? I have a theory, what's yours?
They are cutting those programs.
What is your theory for why they are not doing the thing they are already doing?
That's literally what this thread is about lol
My point is that Biden could put legitimate pressure on them by threatening to cut off federal funding - not just to Medicaid, but to shit like highway funding. The response I'm getting is "if Biden does that then they'll just cut more" which doesn't make sense because they could already cut more. They don't need an excuse, as evidenced by this fucking thread and your own fucking link.
Why haven't they already cut everything? Can you answer that?
They want to get re-elected. If they don't have an excuse but to cut everything, they can do it but still get re-elected. So your solution is to give them what they want and get them re-elected.
Letting poor people die of lack of medical care is not the merciful strategy you think it is.
Biden is letting poor people die due to Republican policies, because he doesn't want to play for keeps.