Iowa state Sen. Joni Ernst, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in her state, argued a whole generation of people relies on government for “absolutely everything” and added that it would take “a lot of education” to cut people off of that dependency.
Those comments, made by Ernst in 2013 the Des Moines Conservative Breakfast Club, were highlighted by Democrats on Thursday.
In the audio Ernst said a “generation of people” has been created that relies “on the government to provide absolutely everything for them.” Ernst added that “it’s going to take a lot of education to get people out of that. It’s going to be very painful and we know that.”
She pointed out that the Affordable Care Act would exacerbate this problem. “We’re looking at Obamacare right now. Once we start with those benefits in January, how are we going to get people off of those?” she said. “It’s exponentially harder to remove people once they’ve already been on those programs.”
The audio was published by Radio Iowa.
Ernst is running against Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA) in the race for U.S. Senate. The TPM Polltracker average gives Ernst a 3.5 point lead over Braley.
(H/t: Greg Sargent)
I will never understand this point of view about the ACA. What is so wrong about creating a system that allows people to buy health insurance when it is not otherwise available to them? Not all places of employment offer health insurance and the independent market had too many restrictions for many people to obtain decent health insurance.
Ernst added that “it’s going to take a lot of education to get people out of that. It’s going to be very painful and we know that.”
So is she proposing we start funding education camps? Would the big 'ol bad Gubmint pay for them?
By a “generation of people” she obviously means corporations and big banks, who could not survive without massive government handouts.
A ‘generation of people’?
Why is she talking about the crop subsidy dependent farmers of Iowa?
No, this will be part of this semester’s home schooling curriculum. We’ve got this all figured out!