In order to support these initiatives, lawmakers will consider eliminating a tax credit for the elderly and disabled tha (Kansas City: appointed, renters)

[Versatile]

What is actually being eliminated? Explanation of what happens next to these people please.

[Curmudgeon]

Which initiatives? That would be a good place to start this thread. Also need the nexus between them and the reductions for the elderly and disabled.

[Versatile]

All i can find is this.

Missouri lawmakers have full agenda for special session - NBCActionNews.com - Kansas City

[Curmudgeon]

Originally Posted by Versatile

All i can find is this.

Missouri lawmakers have full agenda for special session - NBCActionNews.com - Kansas City

Thanks. All I can say is shame on them if seniors, including frail and low-income seniors and the disabled don't have strong lobbies.

This is not unusual. States and politicians elsewhere also target the vulnerable and powerless when they're looking for extra funds to spend. Shame on them too!

[Versatile]

Originally Posted by Curmudgeon

Thanks. All I can say is shame on them if seniors, including frail and low-income seniors and the disabled don't have strong lobbies.

This is not unusual. States and politicians elsewhere also target the vulnerable and powerless when they're looking for extra funds to spend. Shame on them too!

The only lobbies the low-income seniors and the disabled have are at the Dr's office and churches etc. No one to stand up for them at all.

[SW Missouri Dave]

I suspect it has something to with this

Property Tax Credit

Some background info for the interested ....

MU News Bureau | MU News Bureau

Lawmakers face resistance to cutting tax credit | The Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia, Missouri

Missouri lawmakers seek to end tax break for poor - KansasCity.com (http://www.kansascity.com/2011/09/04/3120618/missouri-lawmakers-seek-to-end.html - broken link)

Last year, the Missouri Tax Credit Review Commission — appointed by Gov. Jay Nixon — recommended the tax break be eliminated for renters but continued for homeowners under the theory that renters do not directly pay property taxes.

[Curmudgeon]

Originally Posted by Versatile

The only lobbies the low-income seniors and the disabled have are at the Dr's office and churches etc. No one to stand up for them at all.

There are Area Agencies on Aging, the Silver Haired Legislature, Missourians Stopping Adult Financial Exploitation (MOSAFE), the Ombudsman Program and should be other agencies and organizations speaking out against this.

[Flyover_Country]

Originally Posted by Versatile

The only lobbies the low-income seniors and the disabled have are at the Dr's office and churches etc. No one to stand up for them at all.

Over-65 people have massive lobbying organizations- does "AARP" ring a bell? The over-65 group turns out at a much higher percentage to the polls than younger voters, making them a very large voting bloc. If they really didn't have much political clout, we wouldn't have the budget deficit and debt debacle because Medicare and Medicare would be pared or eliminated (they're >50% of federal spending and growing every year.) But they didn't get touched. Coincidence? I think not.

[Curmudgeon]

Originally Posted by Flyover_Country

Over-65 people have massive lobbying organizations- does "AARP" ring a bell? The over-65 group turns out at a much higher percentage to the polls than younger voters, making them a very large voting bloc. If they really didn't have much political clout, we wouldn't have the budget deficit and debt debacle because Medicare and Medicare would be pared or eliminated (they're >50% of federal spending and growing every year.) But they didn't get touched. Coincidence? I think not.

AARP is only an insurance brokerage by another name and does NOT represent seniors. It did in the early years, for thosde 55 and over, but is so left-leaning, many began dropping out and have stayed out because it only represented one element of the spectrum. The initials are just initials now and no longer stand for "retired persons."

[lifelongMOgal]

Originally Posted by Curmudgeon

AARP is only an insurance brokerage by another name and does NOT represent seniors. It did in the early years, for thosde 55 and over, but is so left-leaning, many began dropping out and have stayed out because it only represented one element of the spectrum. The initials are just initials now and no longer stand for "retired persons."

Just because they are left leaning that doesn't mean that they are not still among the top 2 lobbying organizations in the country.

As Obamacare gets fired up be prepared for deeper cuts as states are forced to place thousands more on the state Medicaid rolls who did not previously qualify. The welfare state created by Wilson and FDR was unsustainable from the start. Things are about to get tough, really tough. Friends and family are going to have to step up and meet the gaps for their loved ones who will have difficulty making ends meet.