I saw a news article written today that exposes a new tax pit in California. Group homes in California received 100's of millions of tax dollars aimed at increasing staff in group homes in 2008. They received the government funding from legislation approved in 2004. The news article gives examples of how caregiving in these nursing homes have actually worsened, and some of the homes actually continued to cut positions even after receiving millions of dollars. The news article futher highlights that the original legislation that alotted the money had no provisions or controls that would ensure that the agencies that receive the money would have to make improvments in their facilities.
If interested in the article click on this link to read the full article.
I just can't believe how millions of tax dollars are being thrown at social problems with no plan. Sounds like the bank bailouts when we spent billions of dollars to help the banking industry, but noone could tell the people where the money went, or how it benefited the taxpayers. A lot of these initiatives are driving by fear, fear of our banks closing and fear that our nursing homes are a reflection of how we don't care for the old. I think that we need to start to set up some sort of accountability. Vote out the incompetant, and stop throwing tax money at these problems. Maybe these nursing homes need to close, due to them not being able to provide a service. Putting them on the "corporate welfare" doesn't help us and doesn't help them.
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