A conservative Oregon state representative is shocked that Medicaid spending covers Strip Club Outings for developmentally disabled individuals. Really!

What is wrong with that as long as those visits are not excessive or exclusive or against the will of the individuals?

Should mentally disabled individuals never have a chance to see a strip club or perhaps even to participate in the event?

Even the employees or owners of strip club may benefit from such a visit.

"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. 

Yunker—a Republican lawmaker in a very blue state with a Democrat super majority in the legislature—has exposed this and other controversial Medicaid spending in the state that has little or nothing to do with medical or health issues. ...

The Oregon 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. 

Specifically, the state agency referred to a federal law that requires state Medicaid programs to help disabled people integrate into the community. ..."

Oregon Medicaid Funds Used for Strip Club Outings

“The Squad” Earmarked $224 Million Since 2023 – Led By AOC, It’s Pork Barrel Spending by The Democratic Socialists

Did the famous Otto von Bismarck not compare democracy with a sausage factory?

Here is an example!

"“The Squad’ is a group of ultra-left wing Congressional socialists which has been the toast of so-called “progressives” for the last several years.

Its members might promise a worker’s paradise, in which government “withers away,” in the words of Vladimir Lenin, but for now they are only too happy to direct government largesse to the folks back home.

In fact, The Squad members have earmarked $224 million and many absurd pet projects since 2023. Download the full database of The Squad’s 2023 and 2024 earmarks here. ..."

“The Squad” Earmarked $224 Million Since 2023 – Led By AOC, It’s Pork Barrel Spending by The Democratic Socialists House Republicans opened the earmark door with a secret caucus vote three years ago. Now, it's nearly a 'free' for all.

The U.S. Debt Limit: A Lever to Change Autopilot Spending by the U.S. Congress

Recommendable! How often and how hard have the elected representatives wrestled to starve the beast (the ever growing federal government and its expenditures)!

What happened to the justified demands for a balanced budget requirement? Like term limits for all members of the U.S. Congress, the elected representative have shirked their responsibility for many years towards We the people!  

Let's remember: Often price inflation is triggered and/or fueled by way too much government spending and rising indebtedness. This time is no different! Most economists know about this, but remain silent or even support more government spending and debt! What a wretched group of professionals! 😊

"... The Budget Control Act of 2011 increased the debt limit. It also required Congress to vote on a constitutional balanced budget amendment, which failed to pass. ..."

The Debt Limit: A Lever to Change Autopilot Spending | Cato at Liberty Blog