The GOP has a deep bench of these ass-clowns -- that's what is sad because it just continues to delay progress towards alleviating the shit world that many Americans are living in:
FEBRUARY 28, 2014, 10:11 AM
More than a decade ago, Arkansas Rep. Josh Miller (R) was in a catastrophic car accident that broke his neck and left him paralyzed. Medicare and Medicaid paid the $1 million bill for his hospitalization and rehabilitation.
But this week, as the Arkansas legislature has debated continuing its privatized Medicaid expansion under Obamacare, Miller has remained steadfast in his opposition.
The Arkansas Times highlighted the contrast in a Thursday report. The alternative newspaper reported that Miller receives ongoing coverage through the government programs, including Medicaid-covered personal care assistance.
The Times asked Miller, 33, about this apparent contradiction: Shouldn't someone who has experienced the benefits of health insurance, including insurance paid for by the government, understand the importance of expanding those benefits to others?
The difference, he said, is that some of the 100,000 people who have gained coverage through Arkansas's Medicaid expansion don't work hard enough or just want access to the program so they can purchase and abuse prescription drugs.
"My problem is two things," Miller said. "One, we are giving it to able-bodied folks who can work ... and two, how do we pay for it?"
The accident that paralyzed Miller occurred about 11 years ago, the Times reported. He was driving with a friend, alcohol was involved, but Miller said he couldn't remember who was driving. When he arrived at the hospital with his life-changing injuries, he was uninsured.http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/arkansas-gop-lawmaker-medicaid-expansion
Initially The Gadfly had some sympathy for this butthead upon learning of his disability -- but as The Gadfly read further through the story, he came to the sad realization that this asshole was a self-serving, hypocrite prick who had already got his honey stash from the bad 'ol 'gubmint -- and now is trying to ensure that nobody else gets access to his own honey hole.
Fuck this guy. Sorry for your own alcohol induced predicament dude, but who the fuck are you to try and tell other disabled Americans that they shouldn't be able to nurse off of the same government tit as you have been doing?
The Gadfly continues to be amused by the asshats like this guy that the conservatives keep trotting out as spokespeople for their failed party and political movement. No awareness of their own self designed doom whatsoever. Deer caught in the proverbial fucking headlights.
-----TFG
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