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Originally Posted by GAC3710

I started a charity fundraiser on a radio show for people affected by our state's budget cuts in the healthcare system, specifically people with HIV/AIDS who are using the ryanwhite act as either their primary or sole source of funding for HIV/AIDS treatment and medications. In less than 6 months it went from a radio fundraiser to a subsidary of the ADAP program.

What bothered me the most about the issue at hand was how the state could cut the funding to the people who need it the most while increasing funding to programs that promote abstinance. At the same time when the fraction of funds were dispersed to the various cities, metropolitan cities in particular, most of the mayors in each city chose to cut their healthcare budgets by at least $1,000,000. Financial records indicated the surplus funds after the budget cuts, for each city that made healthcare cuts, were mostly appropriated to construction projects that were never completed. And as if the fire was not flamed enough, the projects designated were all in areas where the wealthy lived.

That sounds like a bad situation, glad you did something about it.