Frank's had a busy week working on policy.
On Monday, he claimed a proposed tax on packs of cigarettes demonstrated Wisconsin is not serious about putting the costs of smoking on smokers. Dubious, perhaps, but in light of the rest of the ooze he secreted in the following days, it seems like we should rename the Nobel Prize the Lasee Award for this one.
Tuesday he distinguished between illegal aliens and illegal immigrants in a post he likes to call "Ideas matter." How cute, Frank. The physical homes for these so-called ideas, however, only matter if Frank likes you:
Illegal aliens take what they can get and then go home. Illegal immigrants want to build a life in their new home. They have very different needs, wants and attitudes. Their children (millions of them in both groups) in our schools have distinctly different attitudes.
These are two distinctly different groups of illegals. Which isn’t part of the debate concerning illegals in our country.
Did anyone else know you could so neatly reduce the immigration issue to an obvious distinction between the evil immigrants and the good immigrants? If not, now you know the analytic powers Mr. Lasee can brandish.
Don't think he let down on Wednesday, either. His post, entitled "Taxpayer babies," criticizes Wisconsin for funding births. When you get out of bed tomorrow morning, take a good look at the side of your head, and remember that Mr. Lasee would prefer it be dented from low-quality care.
Frank really came on strong today though, posting on "So Called 'Healthy Wisconsin.'" I just have to excerpt:
Who would make the decisions of what is necessary and convenient?
The following people will. They are to be selected by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate to serve 6 year terms:
(a) labor or union coalitions (4 members),
(b) business and employer organizations (4 members),
(c) public school teacher labor organizations (1 member),
(d) small business organizations (1 member),
(e) farmers (2 members),
(f) self−employed person (1 member), and
(g) health care consumer organizations (3 members),
These are the 16 people who will decide whether or not you can have a procedure your doctor recommends, how long you will wait for it, how much the medical providers will be paid, and how much you and your employer will pay for health coverage.
Who is missing from this list? There are no doctors, no nurses, no hospitals, no medical professionals on the Board or anyone with medical claims paying experience.
These are the 16 people who will decide whether or not you have a procedure your doctor recommends... but... where are the doctors? They're the ones making the recommendations you dolt. This committee isn't replacing the health care profession: They're just acting as a surrogate public insurance review board. Normally, that job goes to the lawyers who represent the insurance company re: coverage.
Frank, I mentioned in my comment last night that you should take today off. Obviously you weren't able to pull yourself away from the romparoom this morning, so I suggest you take tomorrow and go on a nice vacation. Take two weeks, hell, take the rest of your term. We promise, like The Dude, Wisconsin will abide.
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