The Texas Whip: Nuggets of Insight: The Mind of Rick Perry

The Texas Whip: Nuggets of Insight: The Mind of Rick Perry: "Rick Perry is the kind of guy who will boast to the press that he's just signed off on a budget which cut $200m in social services. Flashback, if you will, to 2003. What were said services? Health insurance programs. For whom were said services intended? Low income children. Now, it seems kind of mean to gloat about cutting 150K children off from their government sponsored health insurance. Some, like Rip, might say this is much more immoral than letting two dudes get married. I digress.

So we know that Perry is mean and petty. Let's add rock stupid to the list of Perry's character flaws. Saving that $200m meant forfeiting $500m in Federal Medicaid subsidies. That's right. Cutting $200m meant a net loss of $300m in money the Feds earmarked for Texas."