Many Governors Against Health Care Bill, Label it Unfunded Mandate (Congress, Obama)

[bigskydude]

"The governors are concerned about unfunded mandates, another situation where the Federal government says you must do X and you must pay for it. Well if they want to reform health care, they should figure out what the rules are and how they are going to pay for it," Democratic Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer told FOX News.

"Instead what they are proposing is -- they're figuring out the rules and forcing the states to pay for it," he said.

Many Governors Against Health Care Bill, Label it Unfunded Mandate - Political News - FOXNews.com

“I think the governors would all agree that what we don’t want from the federal government is unfunded mandates,’’ said Governor Jim Douglas of Vermont, a Republican who is the group’s incoming chairman. “We can’t have the Congress impose requirements that we are forced to absorb beyond our capacity to do so.’’

Governors balk over what healthcare bill will cost states - The Boston Globe

Gov. Phil Bredesen of Tennessee, a Democrat, said he feared Congress was about to bestow “the mother of all unfunded mandates.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/20/he.../20health.html

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Looks as if Obama's bipartisan hopes are going the other way ...

[Sunny-Days-in-Florida]

I said once he has time to screw things up that other dems will run away from him as fast as they can.

Now even the Governors are saying his plan is not any good.

Jindal is firing up on Obama and his scam health care plan and is making a name for himself as the man who seems to want to take on Obama and his massive spending problems.