In Governor Rick Perry's recent inaugural address he claimed, "We always take care of the least among our population, the frail, the young, the elderly." Ironically, that same week he stated this, KXAN news reported that Texas lawmakers reported the new budget with thirty-three percent cuts being made towards Medicaid-funded nursing and rehabilitation centers. Not to mention, the already enacted cuts from the past years of more than 1.5 billion dollars all together. Nursing homes were already is severe danger prior to this new budget. The industry is now requesting they reconsider these cuts before they cause many nursing homes to be closed down, leaving many elderly citizens to be left on the streets. There is a clear contradicting idea between what is being purposed to the public and what is actually being imposed in our community.