Source: http://www.wreg.com/Global/story.asp?S=3340650
A group of mid-south ministers is going to protest planned TennCare cuts. Last month nearly a hundred Memphis area ministers crowded onto a bus and went to Nashville to protest proposed TennCare cuts.
That's nice. Apparantly these Jesus-hippies don't understand why Tenncare is getting funding cuts. As if reading the front page of almost every Tennessee newspaper wouldn't tell you in just a few seconds of reading. Let me state it again, for those who are too dense to get it the first 100 times:
THE PROGRAM HAS NO MONEY.
Who's paying for your health-care bills? I AM! And damnit, your medical coverage is better than mine!
What I really intended to say was, don't protest. If you want to take a copy of the Tennessee budget, re-work it so that your program can stay afloat, and present it to the appropriate Tennessee officials, it can get voted on. Otherwise, you're wasting your time. A protest isn't going to generate money.
And while we're at it, TennCare's costs are growing. Word has spread throughout the union that in Tennessee you can get free healthcare. People are moving into Tennessee from Michigan, Colorado, Florida, and other states just to get on TennCare. I cite my job, and personal experience as evidence. You think you can contain those costs? Work that into your proposed budget.
Personally, I would rather be able to get into MY state parks free of charge again, and let some people go without medical care. I miss my state parks, doesn't anyone else?
Itchy_turd - 5/15/2005 09:59:00 AM
Actually, I don't miss my state parks; whenever we go to Burgess Falls, I just bring $2 with me.
Honestly though, if you think Tenncare is crap, just wait until:
1.) We save it from Darwinian extinction by a state income tax,
and
2.) We adopt an equally inept Federal system.
Itchy_turd - 5/15/2005 10:17:00 AM
"Apparantly these Jesus-hippies don't understand why Tenncare is getting funding cuts."
Let me clarify the situation:
These ministers are in Memphis, which means they are black, and their congregations are poor black gov't leeches who want to get as much as possible free from white Uncle Sam so they can buy crack and have 5 fatherless bastards and never work a day in there life, which they are entitled too because their grandfather had to drink from a seperate water fountain.
I apologize to any Jesus-hippies offended by Chucks erronious post.
voyeur x - 5/16/2005 02:17:00 PM
i thought i was the one who coined the phrase jesus-hippies to describe those curly haired, sandal wearing, hemp jewelry making, frisbee playing, "jesus is my homeboy" tshirt wearing types that we went to high school with... but then again.... whatever.
this post just makes me think of that guy on the radio in GTA Vice City screaming about " BUILD your own theme parks, stay out of florida, we dont want you here" heh heh....yeah.
so all you people in other states planning to move here for TENNcare....build your own damn state parks, and get your own damn healthcare. we don't want you here.
Chuck - 5/16/2005 09:54:00 PM
Yeah Itchy, I see which direction the wind is blowing. It's only a matter of time before both of those take place.
My measure is ineptness is the amount of red-tape that I have to deal with in a given "insurance" provider. Tenncare has more than doubled recently the red-tape.
It's in the form of mostly psychological barriers, that can be overcome, should the participant be able to communicate verbatim what I tell them to. Most cannot, and therefore the program begins to save (some) money.
The federal program's ineptness as compared to this, I do not know... at a glance, it appears to be better in some respects. I'll still hate to have to deal with it equally per my job.
And Je'veau, you may have coined it. I just thought it was appropriate, and offending. I take back Itchy's apology on my behalf.
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