Liberal blogger Eric Zorn is already attacking presumed GOP candidate for governor Bill Brady as too extreme for Illinois. Given drowning in debt sister state Blue New Jersey just elected a conservative Republican governor, this is a year for fiscal know-how, not social issues, but let's take a quick look.
One issue, the conscience clause. Scott Brown had a similar stance on ER medics and won in Democrat Massachusetts. This kind of clause is also in the Senate healthcare bill. I think extreme is too extreme a word and should be retired. It was in Massachusetts. And spending millions on controversial, experimental (unsuccessful) stem cell research was not a good use of Illinois funds. That was a Blago initiative.
As far as healthcare mandates anyone with any common sense knows that one of the reasons healthcare is unaffordable and prices people out is because of rigid one-size-fits-all policies. Maybe you are in the market for mammograms and pap smears but most people would rather find a policy that suits them.
The most important issue for Illinois is jobs, jobs, jobs. The next one is putting the state's fiscal house in order. Because what good are all those Dem promises and programs if we're stiffing healthcare providers now? And what good is a state that loads debt on the backs of citizens that aren't even born yet to pay for public employees who retire early on our dime? What kind of cheap, posturing morality is that--it's like Blago all over again.
Illinois needs a new day.
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Poor Eric couldn't draw a fresh breath in an iron lung.
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