{"id":61524,"date":"2025-11-03T14:57:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T19:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=61524"},"modified":"2025-11-03T14:57:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T19:57:25","slug":"where-the-money-is-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=61524","title":{"rendered":"Where The Money Is Going"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the National Debt Clock<\/a>, the current national debt is about $38 trillion dollars (that’s a lot of zeroes). In addition to cutting spending, it might also be a good idea to see how we got here.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, The Daily Signa<\/a>l reported the following:<\/p>\n

Oregon state Rep. Dwayne Yunker began asking questions when he discovered the state was using tax dollars to bring developmentally disabled clients to a strip club this past summer.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yunker\u2014a Republican lawmaker in a very blue state with a Democrat super majority in the legislature\u2014has exposed this and other controversial Medicaid spending<\/a> in the state that has little or nothing to do with medical or health issues.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Monday, he will be in Washington meeting with members of Congress and Trump administration<\/a> officials about looking into how his state\u2014and likely others\u2014are spending Medicaid dollars. Medicaid is a joint federal-state program intended to cover health care coverage for the poor or disabled.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Oregon<\/a> Department of Human Services informed the lawmaker in mid-August that denying the strip club outing could jeopardize federal Medicaid funding, Yunker told The Daily Signal.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Specifically, the state agency referred to a federal law<\/a> that requires state Medicaid programs to help disabled people integrate into the community.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe adult day care [program] has taken developmentally disabled clients to strip clubs and bars,\u201d Yunker said. \u201cThey say they are integrating them with the community. But we are not talking about taking them to a park or the museum.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yunker supports the Trump administration\u2019s reforms to Medicaid in the One Big Beautiful Bill<\/a> Act that include work requirements to receive benefits.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

The part of the funding paying for illegal immigrants comes from state Medicaid dollars<\/a>, not federal Medicaid dollars. The state also notes online that Medicaid dollars can go for temporary rental assistance<\/a> as well as nutrition<\/a> assistance.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

In August, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, a Democrat, denounced Republicans\u2019 federal Medicaid reforms, saying they will make Americans and Oregonians \u201csicker, hungrier, and less prosperous.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I am going to work with Oregon lawmakers and community partners to do all that we can to stand up for Oregonians and get through this needless, callous hardship,\u201d Kotek said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In his letter to Oz, Yunker wrote, \u201cThe real hardship is what my constituents endure under Oregon\u2019s broken Medicaid program.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve barely scratched the surface of the broken Medicaid system,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Using taxpayer dollars to take people to strip clubs is not helping anyone (except the strip club owners).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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