MA Republican Lawmakers Throw a Hissy Fit

[Carolyn Marie]

Politics, don't you just love it??

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/01/03/1391601/republican-massachusetts-lawmakers-propose-unfunded-46-trillion-entitlement-to-protest-transgender-rights/

Carolyn Marie

[Guest RainbowGoth98]

And this is why I'm an Independent.

[VickySGV]

This pair is a major insult to to a frog I dissected in college.

[Guest Tamar]

Oh c'mon Vicky. Whatever did that frog do to you? First you dissect it, then you compare it to these two idiots.Favourably, yes, but still....

[Drea]

It seems to me they have a good idea. Why should a prison inmate get such generuous benefits while the law abiding population of the state doesn't get such a benefit.

[Guest Tamar]

Ignore the "inmate" factor.She has medical needs that are not being met.That's my take on it anyway.Agreed a lot of law abiding folks are in the same predicament.I find that sad.

I find the idea of this lawsuit rediculous and childish, especially coming from community leaders.Again, just my take on it.

Peace.

[Guest KimberlyF]

I have stated I disagree with politicians pushing legislation they know won't pass for free publicity or to make a point.

That does not bother me half as much as a manipulative media.

Yeah, if the 6.5 million people all used the 700,000 entitlement, it would be 4.6 trillion.

Other things that should be off the table...if the state agreed to fund SRS at a budget rate of 20k per person in Mass, that is a 130 billion liability per year.

Of course the $700,000 entitlement wouldn't be so high if Deval Patrick(D) would quit throwing a hissy fit and not appeal the judge's ruling. The two R's are not in any way preventing the treatment of this person. They don't have the power.

[Drea]

As far as the medical needs not being met....

Given the day in and deay out "should I transition or not" that someone or another grapples with, the question of need is....well questionable.

[Cyndee]

That does not bother me half as much as a manipulative media.

I agree, the media feeds on these kinds of stories and make it larger than it really is. It just polarizes society, I try and tune it out really, it's ugly.

C -

[Guest Robin Winter]

I gotta be honest, I feel that if someone is a proven and convicted felon, and they are incarcerated, they don't really have any rights other than the ones generously offered to them by the corrections facility. What did this person do, murder I think? If taking someone's life isn't the ultimate theft of rights, I dont' know what is. I say let her rot.

[JenniferB]

This issue has come up before and I still feel the same way.

There are a lot of trans men and trans women who desire GRS and can't afford it. If the government is going to pay for GRS, I would definitely put convicted felons serving terms in prison at the bottom of the waiting list when it comes to this benefit..

Jenny