No state should be treated in a special manner. What federal legislation applies to one state must apply to all states. What is Congress doing? There is the Cornhusker Kickback, the Louisiana Purchase, the Sunshine Sweepstake, and I am sure many other yet unknown or named backroom deals. Why should Illinois pay for Nebraska’s new Medicaid recipients and their own too? Why should Texas pay for Florida’s Medicare Advantage when it is not available to them? Why are there so many deals made behind closed doors to buy the votes of reluctant legislators?
If individuals or private concerns made these deals they would be arrested, convicted, and imprisoned. Is it any less of a bribe if these deals are made by legislators? These deal makers are no different than Abramoff. They should suffer the same consequences. A bribe is a bribe.
We are the UNITED States of America. States should be treated equally. This “special” treatment of any state to secure a vote is not right; it is not fair; and it is not constitutional. I, for one, do not want my state of Florida to receive any special privileges that must be paid for by other states that are not benefiting from the same privileges. This country is based on equal treatment. I wish Washington could remember this.
Signed,
The Electorate
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