Last week, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made more than $600 million in cuts to public health grants in Minnesota, California, Illinois, and Colorado. Meanwhile, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz pleaded with the American public to get vaccinated against the measles. It’s not rocket science. In fact, it doesn't take a fourth-grade education to know that if you're sick, stay home.
There's an old saying among public figures: "Sometimes ya just gotta give the people what they want." J. Basil Dannebohm disagrees. The former legislator writes, "While some people are inebriated by hyperpartisan Kool-Aid, I've heard carefully scripted, albeit tired arguments from both sides and will continue to approach my consulting, columns, and life from the middle. Like roughly 45% of Americans (an increase of 2% from 2024), I am an Independent."
