Socialism and Budgets Don't Mix.

So Hawaii is dropping their "everyone pays for the other guy's child's health care" program.

It turns out that, when you give people the opportunity to ditch private health care, with premiums, and go to "somebody else pays" health insurance, they do. Then, surprise! the cost of your "we'll help out the underprivileged" program goes through the roof. Normally this would not be a problem, but when the economy goes sour, you have to cut somewhere.

"We believe the program is working, and given Hawaii's economic uncertainty, we don't think now is the time to cut all funding for this kind of program."

Ya know what I believe? I believe when mixing socialism with capitalism makes the capitalism start to fail, taking the socialism out is a GOOD thing.

You know what else? If the fools trying to "spread the wealth" weren't so afraid of hurting the feelings of the Poor, Poor, Pitiful Poor People by making them PROVE they need help, I'd be all for it. Means testing as the way to ensure qualification for government help: the only way to fly!