Virginia Politics

Kaine Has “Serious Questions” About McDonnell Administration

I have some serious questions about the fiscal responsibility of some of the steps being taken. I don't think cuts to education and the health care safety net are a good idea ever, particularly in this economy. I don't want to roll back protections for employees in terms of discrimination or send a signal that we don't care about it. And I think the notion of well, we're gonna...push back on a health care bill that will do a lot of good for hundreds of thousands of Virginians, it's like, you just gotta go out and see how people are living and you'll realize that this bill's a very good thing. For more, see here (interview by Adam Rhew).


I have some serious questions about the fiscal responsibility of some of the steps being taken. I don’t think cuts to education and the health care safety net are a good idea ever, particularly in this economy. I don’t want to roll back protections for employees in terms of discrimination or send a signal that we don’t care about it. And I think the notion of well, we’re gonna…push back on a health care bill that will do a lot of good for hundreds of thousands of Virginians, it’s like, you just gotta go out and see how people are living and you’ll realize that this bill’s a very good thing.

For more, see here (interview by Adam Rhew).

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