IN THE WAKE OF YESTERDAY'S ELECTION.
AND ONCE AGAIN IT IS HAPPENING IN MAINE.
LAST NIGHT VOTERS IN MAINE VOTED ON A BALLOT MEASURE TO
EXPAND MEDICAID TO LOW INCOME PEOPLE LIVING WITH THAT STATE.
IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT TO DO THESE SORT OF THINGS
BECAUSE THE INDUSTRY COMES IN, BUT THEY PASSED IT.
AND THE GOVERNOR WILL NOT LET IT HAPPEN IF HE HAS ANY SAY.
THAT IS A HUGE FINANCIAL INCENTIVE TO INSTITUTE THE
SORT OF PROGRAM IN YOUR STATE.
IF YOU ARE IDEOLOGICALLY OPPOSED, THAT IS NOT ENOUGH
APPARENTLY.
PAULA PAGE NOT ONLY VETOED, HE WILL ALSO ATTEMPT TO STOP
THE BALLOT INITIATIVE.
>>SO RAIDING THE RAINY DAY FUND ñ IF IT'S NOT TO GIVE
HEALTH CARE TO SICK DYING PEOPLE WHAT IS IT FOR?
>> MAYBE FOR A TRI-CENTENNIAL PARTY.
IT WOULD BE ONE THING IF IT WAS JUST THIS, SO THEY'LL MAKE
SURE HE DOESN'T.
BUT THIS IS COMING OFF OF JUST YESTERDAY ñ
MAINE LAST YEAR AND THE ELECTION THEY HAD VOTED TO INSTITUTE
RANKED CHOICE VOTING IN STATEWIDE ELECTIONS THERE.
HE IS ALSO DELAYING THAT UNTIL 2021 IF AT ALL.
RIGHT NOW THERE IS A PETITION DRIVE GOING ON IF THEY CAN
RAISE SIGNATURES THAN THEY CAN HAVE A STATEWIDE VOTE ON A
PEOPLE'S VETO OF THAT BILL.
>> I THINK THERE ARE TWO KEY LESSONS.
YOUR GOVERNMENT IS NOT WORKING FOR YOU.
YOUR GOVERNMENT IS JUST NOT WORKING FOR YOU, A SECOND OF ALL
JIMMY SAID POLITICAL FOOTBALL WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDING.
IN THE CASE OF HEALTHCARE, THAT IS THE CASE BIG TIME, IT IS
A POLITICAL FOOTBALL.
LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
MEANWHILE IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE LOWER ON OUR GDP THAN WHAT
WE ARE CURRENTLY SPENDING.
THAT IS LIKE SAYING WE ARE SPENDING 300
BUCKS FOR YOUR CAR A MONTH.
I AM NOT A MATHEMATICIAN.
>> IT DOES MAKE SENSE IF YOU WERE THE GUY SELLING THE
MORE EXPENSIVE SHITTIER CAR.
>>IT
IS KIND OF STUNNING THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO DO THIS PUBLICLY.
>> HE DIDN'T WAIT, IT WAS IMMEDIATELY.
>>AND BY THE WAY I DON'T HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN TO GIVE
HIM THAT.
IT'S LIKE THERE IS NO SHAME ANYMORE.
STUFF LIKE THIS, WE JUST DENY PEOPLE HEALTHCARE.
IT IS JUST THIS DISCONNECT.
>>THIS IS THE DUDE WHO WAS MAKING THOSE RACIST
COMMENTS ABOUT OUT-OF-STATE DRUG DEALERS.
HE APPARENTLY ñ NEXT YEAR IS HIS LAST YEAR, HE IS TERM LIMITED.
TO SOME EXTENT THAT MAY BE BREATHING WORSE BEHAVIOR
BECAUSE HE FIGURES I AM LEAVING NEXT YEAR ANYWAY.
>> I HEARD THAT WHEN YOU CALL HIS OFFICE AN INTERN PICKS
UP AND TELLS YOU GO FUCK YOURSELF.
>>I CAN IMAGINE THAT.