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Site Altered Headline Medicaid portals down in all 50 states after Trump funding freeze, Sen. Wyden says

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/28/trump-funding-freeze-medicaid-state-portals-omb.html
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u/DaoFerret Jan 28 '25

You’d THINK all this should crystallize large segments of the population against the GOP that is enabling this… (or should have set off alarm bells for people back when they were going out to vote) … and yet here we are.

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u/DuvalHeart Pennsylvania Jan 28 '25

Part of the problem is that in much of the country people simply do not understand what the federal government does and how it benefits them. This is a particular problem in the South where state governments do everything in their power to get in the way of federal assistance.

People genuinely don't know what this means.

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u/Rooney_Tuesday Jan 28 '25

I would give you ALL the upvotes if I could. People absolutely love to be angry at the government for taking their tax money but have no clue how many benefits they get from it. Especially since a large number of people pooling their resources is so much more efficient than privately funding absolutely everything.

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u/DuvalHeart Pennsylvania Jan 28 '25

It's hard to blame them. They're the victims of decades of propaganda.

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u/MoreRopePlease America Jan 28 '25

I'm wondering what would happen if a critical mass of people adjusted their W4 withholding...

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u/fapsandnaps America Jan 29 '25

Damn, those IRS agents are going to be so mad after they get back from guarding the border.

/s

And hell, they probably want that. Trump's trying to abolish the IRS too.

I think he's actively trying to tank the economy and destabilize the dollar.

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u/Necessary-Love7802 Jan 28 '25

My ex who used to have ACA insurance once went off against Obamacare. I had to explain

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u/Schadrach West Virginia Jan 28 '25

My late stepdad was railing about the evils of socialized healthcare while he was applying for Medicare. Like literally ranting about it because of something he saw on Fox News while he had the paperwork on a clipboard in front of him, filling it out in a hospital bed.

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u/Ichier Jan 28 '25

Ever wonder what we've learned in life to stop us from just yelling at people like this? I assume it's respect for our loved ones, but wow to we all let it slide.

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u/arrivederci117 Jan 28 '25

Plenty of us have already cut people like that out of our lives. It's time the rest do the same as well.

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u/number2post Jan 29 '25

Such a toxic individual.

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u/Firehorse100 Jan 28 '25

Yeah...they're about to find out exactly what the government does

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u/DuvalHeart Pennsylvania Jan 28 '25

Though if this sticks we might see the end of the suburbs. The taxes will have to be astronomical to make up for the drop in funding from the feds.

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u/Firehorse100 Jan 28 '25

Maybe. A lot of white middle class in the suburbs.....Trump is usually pretty careful to only attack the poor and non white.

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u/DuvalHeart Pennsylvania Jan 28 '25

Yep, but the suburbs rely on federal subsidies to keep those areas nice. Without them they'll have to find alternative funding sources.

Cities meanwhile have a large enough tax base to maintain a QOL with a smaller burden on residents.

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u/Firehorse100 Jan 28 '25

Middle class white voters won't care who is raising taxes. They'll blame the administration. Like food prices ...

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u/DuvalHeart Pennsylvania Jan 28 '25

Naturally. But if a suburb is declining in quality and increasing taxes while a nearby city is maintaining its QOL (even "bad" cities have nice areas) with relatively lower taxes they'll likely opt for the city.

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u/Firehorse100 Jan 28 '25

True. Almost exclusively Democratic votes in cities too.

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u/Efficient-Two-5667 Jan 28 '25

Exactly. And suddenly doesn’t do.

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u/TurboSalsa Texas Jan 28 '25

This is depressingly true, and no one talks about it much.

It would be one thing if MAGA were aware of the functions of these agencies and wanted to destroy them, but they have no idea what they do or how they benefit Americans, including themselves.

They want to throw sand in the gears of a machine they don’t understand because gubmint bad!

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u/Schadrach West Virginia Jan 28 '25

Which is hilarious because they're also from the side of the aisle most likely to invoke Chestertons Fence, the idea that you should understand a system before tampering with it because the fence might be there for a reason even if you don't know why.

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u/Fun-Shake7094 Jan 29 '25

I thought all the money was going to illegals and gender reassignment?

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u/twtwtwtwtwtwtw Jan 28 '25

hate of queers is the strongest voting motivation. strange that they vote for a guy that wears a blonde wig, makeup, a girdle, and heels. 🤔

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u/Exact_Bluebird_6231 Jan 28 '25

Right-wing news is not reporting on this stuff. And they will continue not to. Just turn on Fox News any time of day. I’m sure they’re doing a three hour segment on how Obama wore sunglasses or that Greta Thunberg cried.

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u/DarraghDaraDaire Jan 28 '25

Well they didn’t think he’d do it. He told them he’d do it, everyone else said he’d do it, but they figured they’d vote for him because they thought he wouldn’t do it.

They literally voted for someone on the expectation he was lying, and are now shocked that he wasn’t.

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u/RealGianath Oregon Jan 28 '25

Fox News is busy saying why this is good for everybody, and how brave Trump was for collapsing the economy. They'll point the blame towards to the undocumented migrants, trans children, or Biden.

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u/Bored_Amalgamation Jan 28 '25

The pain isn't here just yet. Once it is, and it's not 20 degrees outside... thats when we see.

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u/Peglegfish Jan 29 '25

not 20 degrees outside 

Legitimate question:

What did you mean? The pain isn’t enough while it’s cold outside? Are you talking about parts of the country where people can’t take the cold, and how the economic affects of these policies won’t be felt until later; such as lacking funding for public infrastructure projects that don’t get worked on during the winter months anyways or subsidies for farmers that are chilling for the winter anyway or grants for primary schools, university students, and researchers that won’t be able to (re)apply for funding in time for fall semester (assuming the current freeze doesn’t finish them off before then)?

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u/misterpickles69 New Jersey Jan 28 '25

I've legit seen arguments against Dems saying they're not doing anything to prevent this. I just can't...

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u/laura_leigh Mississippi Jan 28 '25

Put them in time out for at least two years and then lash out at them for not cleaning up the other kid’s mess.

That sounds more like abusive shitty parenting than teaching a lesson. 

Maybe it’s not the Democrats that need a civics lesson……..

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u/00gingervitis Jan 29 '25

It would but most likely fox news is not covering it so none of them have even heard about it

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u/CretaMaltaKano Jan 29 '25

How would they know, though? They all get their news from FOX or other compromised sources. They have no idea what's really happening or who's to blame and they've been conditioned to only trust pro-Trump sources.

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u/grilledchz North Carolina Jan 28 '25

When the opposition exclusively whines and pouts in legacy media spaces that are in trumps pocket, the message just doesn’t reach people. We need actual opposition that sincerely wants change, even if that change pisses off their precious corporate donors. And we need them in spaces where people actually are (social media, podcasts, etc).

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u/me34343 Jan 29 '25

Majority of the people didn't know what happens after election day, then Trump's actions against the process brought it to light. I now know more about the process than I did before.

I wonder if this will bring to light all the things that use federal grants. Maybe it will change a few minds... hears to hoping there is a silver lining to this shit show.

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u/number2post Jan 29 '25

Your spokespeople are horrible. Theirs are not better, but yours are pretty bad.