rawhide Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Found this gallup poll: http://www.gallup.com/poll/168251/illinois-residents-least-trusting-state-government.aspx#1 Surprised that those bastions of freedom Illinois, New York and California aren't even in the top 25. Granted, on the left coast it's probably the fall out from the Senator Yee thingie. Link to comment
carlfense Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 I think that in general Nebraska does have a responsible and mostly trustworthy state legislature. That said, they aren't immune from making bone headed policy decisions. Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 I think that in general Nebraska does have a responsible and mostly trustworthy state legislature. That said, they aren't immune from making bone headed policy decisions. Don't think anyone has ever said that. But, we do have a pretty good system in place in Nebraska. Link to comment
deedsker Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 One big thing Nebraska has is relative fiscal responsibility. That is the biggest step of all in trusting government. Not to say that is everything, but it definetly helps. Link to comment
zoogs Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Interesting. I don't think this data is a measure of state government quality. I think it's more reflective of different cultural attitudes in different parts of the country. I wonder what the 'trust in federal government' data looks like! That'd be cool to match up to this. Link to comment
NUance Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 One big thing Nebraska has is relative fiscal responsibility. That is the biggest step of all in trusting government. Not to say that is everything, but it definetly helps. Yeah, that and your last two governors aren't in prison like our fine Illinois politicians. In fact, 4 of our last 7 Illinois governors served prison time. That's got to be some sort of record. Link to comment
tschu Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Nebraska has lost a lot of respect from me at the state level by blatantly throwing its citizens under the bus, refusing to enact the Medicaid expansion for literally no reason other than stupidly rejecting Obamacare 2 Link to comment
Moiraine Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Nebraska has lost a lot of respect from me at the state level by blatantly throwing its citizens under the bus, refusing to enact the Medicaid expansion for literally no reason other than stupidly rejecting Obamacare This was the #1 thing on my mind when viewing this thread. I calculated once (very roughly) that at most the average cost per Nebraskan would have been a whopping $10/year. And that average included payments from the wealthy so your middle income person probably would have paid around $1/year. It was a completely inexcusable political move. Link to comment
strigori Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Nebraska has lost a lot of respect from me at the state level by blatantly throwing its citizens under the bus, refusing to enact the Medicaid expansion for literally no reason other than stupidly rejecting Obamacare That one really irritates me. I know people who are in the 'gap' where they don't qualify for subsidies, as they made too little money, and the ACA intended them to be able to get picked up by Medicaid. So, no healthcare as the base costs on plans are more per month(about 3x in the case I know the most about) than what the penalty tax will be. And now the same clowns who are proud of this action, are again proud by blocking the expansion of sexual orientation to the anti-discrimination laws. Link to comment
carlfense Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Don't think anyone has ever said that. But, we do have a pretty good system in place in Nebraska. My statement was based on general results and skewed towards the fiscal side. The state legislature, for the most part, are responsible stewards of our tax dollars. That said, I have some serious personal disagreements with various individuals at the capitol . . . some for very public issues and some for very private issues. The whole seems better than the sum of its parts, maybe? Nebraska has lost a lot of respect from me at the state level by blatantly throwing its citizens under the bus, refusing to enact the Medicaid expansion for literally no reason other than stupidly rejecting Obamacare I agree with that. Link to comment
ZRod Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Nebraska has lost a lot of respect from me at the state level by blatantly throwing its citizens under the bus, refusing to enact the Medicaid expansion for literally no reason other than stupidly rejecting Obamacare I agree with that. Gay-discrimination bill gets filibustered. SSDD but this one is disheartening as well. People are too scared to even give a bill a chance for vote, because heaven for bid we actually have equality before the law. http://journalstar.c...e9e09fdfe5.html Link to comment
Abdullah the Butcher Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 How many gay people are being fired for their gayness?, and how can you prove it was the reason for termination unless your employer is just stupid and tells you that, there is so many ways to fire people "legally" already. Where I work we have multiple gay managers and employees and it's not an issue, it only applies to businesses with 15 or more people so small businesses who hate gays still can terminate them anyways. Link to comment
ZRod Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Its not so much the protection it provides in my opinion but what it says about us as a society when people filibuster a bill because of ignorance. Link to comment
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