Medicare/Medicaid is absolutely killing us in Ohio.  The "boomers" who are
coming into the programs are draining the purse dry here.

It's hard to blame voters for being tax-shy when the job situation is so
precarious--especially when we are having to pay for unfunded federal
mandates (one reason I gave up a raise, and then some, this year).

-Kyle

-----Original Message-----
From: Kat [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 4:17 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Fw: Your Save-the-ADA Advocacy Kit, Installment Three


Not at all.  Here I am in one of the more conservative states - NC - and
we're better off than Calif!  And that area was the hot seat of liberalism
back in the 1960s and 1970s.

I do think it's a side-effect of Proposition 13...with less money coming
from property taxes, etc., services are being cut due to budget deficiencies
and local municipalities are having to tighten the purse strings.  And
voters don't want to elect politicians who are 'soft' on $$ and services.

We may find ourselves in the same spot in NC if things don't ease up soon.

Kat

-------Original Message-------
From: "Cleveland, Kyle E." <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 02/13/03 04:04 PM
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Subject: Re: Fw: Your Save-the-ADA Advocacy Kit, Installment Three

>
> Am I the only one that sees the irony of this issue having its roots in
California--the most liberal of the fifty United States?

-Kyle