re: NWA Tea Party POS Sen. Bart Hester

He's scum. There is no way around it. Look...

Ten or so million in extra taxes is nothing to sneer at, even spread around the state. We will all kick in some to make this work.

But its money well spent. This is not ten million spent for... say... covering the legal fees of people who abused the adoption agency and then "regifted" their adopted children to pedophiles. Some of us, through no fault of our own, will find ourselves particularly vulnerable in times of need.

Well... that's why we pay taxes for this sort of thing. This we can cover. It is part of the social contract we have has a state and civilized nation.

If you can't, and I mean well and truly can't, support yourself (particularly after a life spent doing so) then yes, we should take up the slack until you can or you've passed away.

I'm no great lover of "welfare queens" but not everyone that needs a hand is someone we should sneer at. There, but for the Grace of God, Go I.

The helpless, elderly, and very young should not be the targets of scorn and abuse. We are Arkansas. We take care of our own.