This one “takes the cake” folks. Our do-nothing, supremely narcissistic Senator, Hillary Rodham Clinton, blames President George W. Bush for the mess that is New York’s budget. What? Ole George reached out from Washington and MADE us spend $47 billion on Medicaid–more than any other state in the country? Ole George forced millions of hard-working, taxpaying families to flee New York because they’ve had it with high taxes, and forced millions of welfare slugs to move in because of our Cadillac Medicaid payments? Yup. That’s what she said.

In response to yesterday’s speech by Gov. David Paterson (serial philanderer) in which he said, “we’re hosed,” Sen. Clinton said this:

Gov. Paterson has outlined many of the serious economic challenges and choices facing New York state which are the direct result of the 7 1/2 years of failed fiscal leadership by President Bush. Under the Bush administration’s watch, the budgets of state and local governments have been pushed to the limits while New York’s families are feeling the squeeze through higher costs for energy, health care and food at the same time their incomes have fallen. I will continue to work with my colleagues in Congress to invest in our economy and to prevent the Bush administration from further shifting the costs for Medicaid, unemployment insurance, energy assistance, infrastructure investments, and job creation onto the budget of New York state and the backs of New York’s taxpayers. (Press & Sun-Bulletin, Reactions to Gov. Paterson’s remarks)

Ms. Rodham Clinton: It is NOT the federal government’s job to be the nanny of every citizen in this country, particularly of our great state. It IS the federal government’s job to protect its citizens from foreign invasion. And that’s about it. As outlined in the U.S. Constitution, the federal government has very few responsibilities, and the states themselves many responsibilities. You might try reading the Constitution sometime Ms. Clinton.

One can argue that the federal government has great influence over the states economically, sopping up money for this purpose and that. But the federal government and George Bush are NOT responsible for the mess that is New York. It is socialists like Clinton and Schumer, Paterson and before him Spitzer, and our legislature in Albany, right down to groups like Citizen Action (that runs Binghamton), that are at fault.

Socialists view their role as redistributing wealth. They love to take from those who have (i.e., those who work for it), and give it to those who don’t have (i.e., welfare slugs). Why? Because the slugs vote for the socialists to keep them in office. You can only play that game for so long before the economic house of cards comes crumbling down. Sooner or later, as we’ve seen in New York, those who work grow tired of being ripped off and having their money transferred to people who refuse to work.

In New York, we conveniently place a tax on Wall Street activities which helps fund this madness. But now that Wall Street is rather anemic, the socialists are scrambling to figure out what to do. First order? Blame Bush. How predictable and how typical. Second order? Well…they don’t have a clue, do they? They mumble about trimming a little here and a little there. We are in a MESS. Medicaid is the reason. You must address the root cause and do it now. Only then will hard working families move back to this state and the welfare slugs will move out.

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