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Tripper11

(4,338 posts)
Sun Mar 19, 2017, 12:42 PM Mar 2017

Tom Cotton - Christian values strike again

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/get-those-people-off-of-medicaid-tom-cotton-says-able-bodied-poor-people-dont-deserve-welfare/

‘Get those people off of Medicaid’: Tom Cotton says ‘able-bodied’ poor people don’t deserve ‘welfare’

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) on Sunday called on “able-bodied” poor people to be removed from Medicaid.

CNN host Jake Tapper noted during an interview on State of the Union that Republican governors had criticized House Speaker Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) plan to repeal Obamacare because it would reduce funds for Medicaid, leaving millions without medical coverage.

“They are saying, by removing the Medicaid expansion that happened during Obamacare, that helped provide insurance to 250,000 Arkansans, this replacement is going to take it away,” Tapper explained. “Does that concern you?”

Cotton declared that many people on Medicaid should be purchasing their own insurance instead.



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Tom Cotton - Christian values strike again (Original Post) Tripper11 Mar 2017 OP
Another Republican monster NastyRiffraff Mar 2017 #1
I know, they're EVERYWHERE! And it's not only Republicans either... NurseJackie Mar 2017 #4
Take away the jobs, then vilify people... dchill Mar 2017 #2
Republican Jesus only cares about the womb. sarcasmo Mar 2017 #3
I am so fucking sick of these so-called people. GoCubsGo Mar 2017 #5
These fucking assholes would sell out their own mothers. Initech Mar 2017 #6
Why, Tom? Because your benefactors at Walmart don't sinkingfeeling Mar 2017 #7

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
1. Another Republican monster
Sun Mar 19, 2017, 12:47 PM
Mar 2017

There are so many it's hard to keep track. They're slithering out of their lairs because Dump is giving them encouragement.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
4. I know, they're EVERYWHERE! And it's not only Republicans either...
Sun Mar 19, 2017, 01:07 PM
Mar 2017

... there are many privileged and self-important sanctimonious and short-sighted know-it-all's who worked diligently against Democrats.

Yeah, that's right... I'm talking about you, Susan Sarandon. Fuck you, Sarandon! Happy now? (She doesn't care, she's white and rich.) #FuckYouSusanSarandon

dchill

(38,578 posts)
2. Take away the jobs, then vilify people...
Sun Mar 19, 2017, 12:50 PM
Mar 2017

for not having jobs. How Republicanly Christian of him! Give that man a tax cut!

GoCubsGo

(32,098 posts)
5. I am so fucking sick of these so-called people.
Sun Mar 19, 2017, 01:12 PM
Mar 2017

What a goddamn waste of human flesh. I hope Karma comes around and bites the whole putrid lot of them in the ass--good and hard.

sinkingfeeling

(51,484 posts)
7. Why, Tom? Because your benefactors at Walmart don't
Sun Mar 19, 2017, 01:29 PM
Mar 2017

provide insurance nor a salary that pays enough to purchase a policy?

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