The Republicans in the Arizona
Legislature passed a budget that includes cuts to the State’s Medicaid
program (AHCCCS) $385 million affecting 310,000 people. Peter Fine (CEO
of Banner Health) reported on March 9th in the Arizona
Republic on a survey released by ASU's W.P. Carey School of Business
predicting 42,000 jobs lost – most of them high paying if these cuts
were made.
On Monday the legislature was trying to pass tax
cuts they HOPE will bring in an unspecified number of manufacturing
jobs. It will cost Arizona as much as $942 million. Is there logic
here somewhere? Loose 42,000 jobs and cost 310,000 people their
healthcare while simultaneously hoping to get an unspecified number of
jobs and winding up with a total of hundreds of millions more in budget
deficit.
By the way they will also spend $8.3 million
on a special election rather than raise the necessary taxes themselves.
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