8 Months on Healthcare Leads to 1 Minute in a Speech

So, the State of the State Address by our new Democratic Governor has come and gone. He spent one of his 45 minutes on healthcare – an issue he ran on for 8 months.

He recognized that healthcare is the backbone of economic recovery, but he’s relying on the Federal Government to come in and rescue the State Budget.

1,300 State employees will receive pink slips. We’ll spend $25,000 to develop each new private job, but for some reason, State employees are not considered as valuable.

Now, I’m happy to have a Democratic Governor. In fact, I may be more disappointed because I expect better from Jay Nixon than the speech he presented tonight. We’ll wait to see if there’s more in the Budget when it’s released later this week.