(1) TRUMP MEETING MUSK: This is a curious situation. Trump supposedly offered big oil his support if they would donate millions to his campaign. So now Trump meets with the largest electric vehicle maker in the world. Are we missing something? Did the oil folks tell him “no”? or did Musk invite him with a better offer? Either way we see a desperate man looking desperately for help.
(2) OHIO–THE STATE OF CRIMINALITY: Continuing its criminal activities under Governor DeWine (pronounced ‘de weeny’), First Energy of Akron has finally admitted it bribed several state officials and is paying a $20 million fine. The GOP Speaker of the House is serving 20 years imprisonment unless the Ohio Supreme Court can figure out a way to free him and maybe give him back his old job. Maybe the court will ask for compensation?? Second, the state’s new redistricting scheme fails miserably to follow the state’s constitution wording–all in the hopes of keeping the GOP in power. The state is so chopped up that the GOP isn’t even willing to discuss how perverted it is. Of course someone could file suit but that would go the State Supreme Court and we all know how they would decide. (Some would say that even considering JD Vance for VP is the biggest crime of all. But since he doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of winning–why bother listing his faults?)
(3) While we’re talking Ohio lets check out the latest Ohio State University debacle. For years the Wexner family has dominated the Columbus landscape. They are now co-sponsoring the Wexner Medical Tower expansion on the OSU campus. It is a 26 story plan with a $2 billion price tag. No one knows who will pay for it. Business interest isn’t there so where’s the money coming from? The Wexner family has not apparently made any commitment. So that leaves two voiceless groups; taxpayers and students. When you combine this mess with the recent revelation that Ohio is 44th in the nation in health care value for the buck and that currently buckeyes pay 276% of the allowed Medicare rates for hospital and physician care you begin to see how ill-advised the Wexner boondoggle is. The state has already proven it can’t control health care prices or facility over-build; so why make things worse? Now you know why we call him “de-weeny”.
(4) A transition to the cost of health care demands that we report a recent survey about smoking and the Affordable Care Act (aka “ObamaCare”). The top ten smoking usage states are all Republican-dominated politically. Their average ACA cost is nearly 30% higher than the average ACA premium. Recently Trump said he intends to eliminate ObamaCare. This would, of course, mean that millions of people would lose health insurance and their care would be significantly diminished. Some would develop lung cancer, heart problems, asthma, or some other smoking-related disease. Either they would suffer and die untreated and/or their cost of care would be added to the healthcare industry rates payable by the general population. Costs for untreated care usually increase because prevention at an early stage is unavailable so the net cost of eliminating ObamaCare will probably be absorbed at a higher cost than what ObamaCare would have charged. Our point: Leave ObamaCare as is…better to pay less and cause less pain and death than forcing care that will cost more.
(5) Abortion, or why the GOP ship is sinking…Recently Arkansas refused to allow abortion to be on their November ballot. This was a mistake…for the GOP. In every “red” state where abortion rights were on the ballot—abortion rights won. By disallowing the Arkansas measure to be a ballot issue, the GOP has given the Arkansans no choice but to vote out of office all the GOP candidates who favor the current state abortion rules. If this issue had been submitted to the voters, people could have voiced their feelings about abortion and gotten the law they want without destroying the GOP. But that separation is no longer possible….big mistake GOP. You may go down with the ship with the abortion anchor around your neck.
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