Tell Us What You Really Think

by Steven I. Weiss

In December, the draconian Medicaid spending cuts announced by Gov. David Paterson caused worry that the UJA-Federation network would have to shut down nursing homes and other health facilities.
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The New York Jewish Week certainly won’t be winning any awards for distanced objectivity any time soon.

The story concludes:

Cuomo’s approval rating among Jews was 66 percent, compared with Paterson’s 40 percent, which is a likely casualty of Paterson’s tough-medicine budget cuts.
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If the rest of the Jewish community is referring to the cuts as “draconian,” I wouldn’t doubt it.