In an op-ed in Hamodia a few days ago, it was written that people should not vote for Republican Governor Candidate Paladino because he will cut Medicaid. I therefore submitted the following letter to the editors.:
Dear Editor,
Please publish the following letter.
The Medicaid cuts offered by Republicans, such as Carl Paladino, is focused on raining in Waste, Fraud, Abuse, and the over-paid union workers who back Democrats in elections, in exchange for hefty contracts with the state. There is no plan to cut the eligibility of people who are in need of it.
In fact, all of our Democratic Representatives in Congress and the two Democratic Senators here in NY, voted for the Health Care Reform, which cuts tens of BILLIONS of dollars on an annual basis from the Medicare system. No, it doesn’t cut Union pay. No, it doesn’t rain in much of the estimated $42 billion (yes, $42 billion) annual waste in the Medicare system. But instead, the reform cuts Medicare services and re-imbursements. In addition, the bill cuts Federal reimbursements to the state’s Medicaid Program. All this is taking place while the Democrats in Congress passed a few “Jobs” bills this year whose main purpose was to pay off union members on contracts given to them by the States, yet the states can’t keep their side of the deal since the unions bankrupted these states – as they did with GM..
Jewish Voters here in NY have a choice: we can continue down the road with the Democrats who will continue to cater Unions and permit waste fraud and abuse under the excuse of “not cutting these important programs;” all this on the backs of everyday New Yorkers who get taxed on every move in their life, and who can’t find jobs because business are being rushed out of this state. Or… we can take the New Jersey Route, which is to vote for someone that has the back-bone and will to take-on the unions and to make important cuts with little to no negative effects on needy New Yorkers.
Thanks,
Yossi Gestetner
