Perry skeptical of claims that House's cuts could close half of nursing homes

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ByRobert T. Garrett/Reporter
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5:52 PM on Tue., Apr. 26, 2011 | Permalink
Gov. Rick Perry, sticking to his guns against further use of the state's rainy day fund, dismissed a question Tuesday about whether he's planning for dislocation of tens of thousands of elderly Texans if the House budget is passed and many nursing homes close.

"Those are ... estimates that are not on my radar," Perry told reporters outside the Texas House, where he made his first casual visit of the session to chat with members on the floor.

The Republican governor said he still considers use of the $9.4 billion rainy day fund off limits in writing the 2012-2013 budget, though he's sanctioned a House plan to use one-third of the fund to meet current bills due before Aug. 31. Perry said he, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and Speaker Joe Straus each said basically the same thing during last year's campaign: "We're not going to have a tax bill. We're not going to get into the rainy day fund. I said the same thing and I take them at their word."

http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/04/perry-skeptical-of-claims-that.html

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1. "not on my radar"

Perry's moral radar is broken. He wouldn't know a damn thing about pain and suffering of anyone in this state. He's high on his own fumes.

He criticizes the LBB but he's the guy who pulls fuzzy math numbers out of his ass.

When a reporter noted that Legislative Budget Board officials have told Senate budget writers that the rainy day fund very well could have $12 billion by August 2013, Perry snorted with derision. "I've lost so much faith" in the board's "ability to estimate what's going," he said, after it estimated last month that 335,000 jobs could be lost in fiscal 2013 if as many cuts to state spending occur as the House budget proposes.

PolitiFact Check 5/5/10
Gov. Rick Perry says in 2003, Texas cut $10 billion from the budget yet increased spending for public education and health and human services

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As Perry's campaign notes, Perry did not sign off on $10 billion in budget cuts in 2003, contrary to what he said in April. All in all, the Legislature trimmed $3.2 billion in total spending for the 2004-2005 budget cycle, counting $1.4 billion cut from the 2003 budget.

What about Perry's claims about boosting the budget for education and health and human services together by $2.6 billion? We find that total funding in those categories in the 2004-05 budget increased by $893 million and $1.3 billion, respectively — not quite what Perry claims. Federal funds fueled the increases, enabling lawmakers to appropriate $1 billion less in state money to public education and $6.8 million less to health and human services.

We rate Perry's statement as Barely True.

He was only able to increase spending for education because he took the money from the Federal government to plug the holes he and his crew created.

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2. He CANNOT be skeptical! Here, look at the related words!

Related Words for : skeptical
disbelieving, sceptical, unbelieving, doubting, questioning


See? QUESTIONING is part of being skeptical. This dumb fuck questions nothing, not having any critical thinking ability of any kind.

I think every person who is dislocated by this insanity ought to show up on the doorstep of his rented mansion along with all their family members and push on in to live with him.

They CANNOT arrest tens of thousands of people, and tasering or gassing older folk will look bad on the tee-vee.


See, I'M skeptical there's a God, because any rational deity would have struck this bastard down long ago...........