The Scapegoat Game
like makin’ ya dig your own grave
...One...would raise money for cancer research and offer health care insurance for every child in California. [who are already covered e-C]
...proposed tobacco initiative, sponsored by the California Hospital Association, would designate the $1.5 billion raised by the tax for hospital emergency rooms. Nine California hospitals closed in 2004, and emergency rooms clogged by the uninsured have become a drain on hospitals throughout the state. [clue #1—it ain’t smokers who’re clogging the ERs, amigo. e-C]
Reiner plans to focus on the Preschool for All Act, which will appear on a referendum ballots in 2006. The proposal was organized by Parents Action for Children, a group Reiner founded with his wife, Michele Singer, in 1997. [which he wants to fund with yet another tobacco tax… or a tax on the state’s top 1% earners… e-C]
Opponents of ... Reiner’s $2.3 billion universal preschool initiative ... say a series of “public service announcements” are in fact taxpayer-funded ads for the measure. ...Reiner not only leads the initiative campaign, but also chairs the state commission that is paying for the ads – which carry the message that preschool is good for society at large…
[yeah—let the socialist creches take over them gol durn kidz. the sooner the better. e-C]
While we’re talking about well-deserved Awards, shall we start the Let’s All Get Together and Beat Meathead About the Head and Shoulders with a Joint of Beef Award?
Or maybe Mister FatAss could tax his own cheeseburgers instead....
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