The Republicans don't know what will happen. As Paul Ryan said in one of his town hall meetings, he is not on Medicare, and therefore, doesn't know much about it. As the daughter of someone on Medicare, I know a little bit more than Ryan. What happens when those private insurance companies stop paying bills? What will seniors do when they exhaust their funds to pay for increasing insurance premiums? What if hospitals don't accept certain senior insurance coverage? Will senior citizens with chest pain have to call hospitals to see which will admit him/her based on his/her insurance policy?
Medicare is not broken and it doesn't need fixed. The radical Ryan plan is just another cockamamie idea hatched by Ryan as a disciple of Ayn Rand and the cult of individualism. Paul Ryan thinks that individuals should be responsible for their own care, even our mothers and fathers in nursing homes should be self-reliant, and able to pay for their care.
Roosevelt Institute:
I have always thought that, contrary to the popular belief that politicians say one thing and do another, they actually tell us what they intend to do. One such clear signal is Representative Paul Ryan’s open admiration for writer Ayn Rand.
Ryan’s budget plan is a cold and often selfish effort. It transfers the tax burden to middle- and working-class Americans by lowering the top federal tax rate from 35% to 25%; it all but eviscerates Medicare and Medicaid by replacing direct payments with an ineffective voucher program topping off at $15,000; and seeks to abolish the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). But the harshness of this proposal should be no surprise to anyone who comprehends his worship of Ayn Rand. She saw making money as the highest virtue, where wealth is an end unto itself and not a means to living a wise, reasonable and agreeably well life. This, more than anything, explains what is missing from Paul Ryan’s models of both freedom and societal morality: the concept of selflessness.....
....When reading her work or listening to her interviews, there is no concept of community nor any aspect of shared experience. Instead, there are just creator übermen and parasites, a black and white world with no gray area. That, in and of itself, is a flawed view of humanity. Perhaps the central weakness in Paul Ryan’s Ayn Rand-inspired plan is that it is devoid of individuals willing to sacrifice for each other. It is this simple but essential element that continually carries forward the entire American experience....
Paul Ryan belongs to the cult of Ayn Rand. Ryan and his cultists are pushing their idolatry down our throats. Now you know where Paul Ryan, Rand Paul, and the rest of the self-centered people get their ideas. These Ayn Rand followers don't care about social justice and the common good. They aren't interested in providing for our seniors as our nation promised through Medicare. They only want to reward the rich and themselves. Paul Ryan doesn't care about Grandma. These Republicans, like Stivers, Boehner, and Paul Rand, support Paul Ryan's radical plan that would only hurt our parents and grandparents.
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This article from the Cato Institute makes it seem like John Kasich's addicition to corporate welfare is too much for them to stomach. If the Far Right throws in the towel on Kasich, my question is, who would be left to support him?
Check out the Cato Institute article and this quote:
....What have you done with John Kasich, Ohio? Is this like the movie Dave, where you’ve found an actor to stand in for the actual governor?..........
There has been a lot of criticism of the Kasich JobsOhio program, even on Xavier basketball forum. People are wondering which FOK (Friends of Kasich) will receive state money. We've seen Bob Evans get precious taxpayer money, and everyone knows Kasich's fondness for the company.
Did you see all the lobbyists that have called upon the executive branch of the state of Ohio (the governor's office)????? Do you notice anything? Do you remember what this blog wrote about on March 22, 2011 about Thibault?
Here is a partial list from jlec-olig.state.oh.us:
Lobbyist Name....................Employer.......................Date of Contact
| Baird | Dayna | Ohio Association of Charter School Authorizors (OACSA) | 1/1/2011 |
| Baird, III | Donald F | Ohio Association of Charter School Authorizors (OACSA) | 1/1/2011 |
| Needles | Thomas F | American Federation for Children | 1/1/2011 |
| Needles | Thomas F | Apollo Group/University of Phoenix | 1/1/2011 |
| Needles | Thomas F | AT&T | 1/1/2011 |
| Needles | Thomas F | Jobs for Ohio's Graduates | 1/1/2011 |
| Needles | Thomas F | Learning Concepts | 1/1/2011 |
| Needles | Thomas F | School Choice Ohio, Inc | 1/1/2011 |
| Needles | Thomas F | Sisters of Charity Health System | 1/1/2011 |
| Needles | Thomas F | The Center for Health Affairs | 1/1/2011 |
| Needles | Thomas F | Tree of Knowledge Learning Center | 1/1/2011 |
| Needles | Thomas F | Tremco, Inc | 1/1/2011 |
| Needles | Thomas F | Virtual Schoolhouse | 1/1/2011 |
| Needles | Thomas F | White Hat Management, LLC | 1/1/2011 |
| Needles | Thomas F | Wilbur Smith Associates | 1/1/2011 |
| Rotruck | Scott | Chesapeake Energy | 1/12/2011 |
| Thibaut | Donald | Altair Learning Management | 2/9/2011 |
| Thibaut | Donald | Bluemile, LLC | 1/1/2011 |
| Thibaut | Donald | Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc | 1/1/2011 |
| Thibaut | Donald | Corrections Corp of America | 1/1/2011 |
| Thibaut | Donald | GTECH Corporation | 3/15/2011 |
| Thibaut | Donald | Interstate Gas Supply, Inc. (dba IGS Energy) | 1/1/2011 |
| Thibaut | Donald | IQ Innovations, LLC | 1/1/2011 |
| Thibaut | Donald | Medical Mutual of Ohio | 1/1/2011 |
| Thibaut | Donald | MS Consultants, Inc. | 1/1/2011 |
| Thibaut | Donald | Ohio Power Company dba AEP & AEP Ohio | 1/1/2011 |
| Thibaut | Donald | Revenue Optimization Inc. | 2/15/2011 |
| Thibaut | Donald | The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company | 3/1/2011 |