By Anthony Wright
Health Access California
On tax day, we remember the saying by Oliver Wendell Holmes, that “taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society.”
Today, we joined other Sacramento leaders in front of the Federal building, to protest a decidedly uncivilized proposal–to give significant tax breaks to the richest among us, to cut and undermine core health programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act.
Of course, we are referring to the “Ryan budget,” the measure passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last week, with the support of several California Republican Congressmen, including Representative Dan Lungren.