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Title: House GOP leaders: 9/11 first responders aid bill 'a massive new entitlement program'
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Politico
URL Source: http://www.politico.com/blogs/glenn ... e_new_entitlement_program.html
Published: Jul 30, 2010
Author: Politico
Post Date: 2010-07-30 09:24:54 by go65
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Views: 660
Comments: 8
House Republican leadership is advising its members to vote against a bipartisan bill that would, among other things, bolster medical support to Sept. 11 victims. The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2009, sponsored by Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), would provide medical monitoring to those exposed to toxins at ground zero, bolster treatment at specialized centers for those afflicted by toxins on Sept. 11 and reopen a compensation fund to provide for the economic loss of victims. And it’s all paid for by closing a tax loophole on foreign companies with U.S. subsidiaries, Democrats said. But according to Republicans, it’s a job-killing growth of government that wou;d create a new entitlement and waste taxpayer dollars. The bill, if passed, would reopen the Victims Compensation Fund until 2031 — instead of litigation, victims could try to get money from the fund. Republicans are calling the extension “well beyond what is needed to take care of latent claims,” according to a policy statement from the GOP. “Republicans continue to believe that those who responded to the [World Trade Center] attack should get the treatment and liability protection they need because they dutifully answered a call for help,” the policy statement reads. But this bill, according to Republicans, “creates a massive new entitlement program, exposes taxpayers to increased litigation and is ‘paid for’ with tax increases and potential job losses.”
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#1. To: go65 (#0)
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I'll give you this, go65. Most of the shills on here are usually said to be posting from "their mommy's basement." That can't be said about you. It's gotta be the White House basement. Does it pay well?
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meet the new elephant boss The last gasp of a dying Republic is a "living, breathing Constitution."
You sound like Nurse Ratched when she claimed that ACORN was paying people to post on the cuckoo's nest.
LESSON: Do not respond. Adjust your oxygen mask first. Triage at ALL COSTS. ASSUME help will NOT arrive. And if it does come eventually it will NOT be in amts required. You are ON YOUR OWN. LA Shrimper: 'Yeah, they have a plan for us. The Plan is to let us all die.'
Are you saying that "Baghdad Bobby" Gibbs isn't capable of multi-tasking? I mean - how hard would it be for him to do whatever it is he does AND post on internet forums? But you're probably right - it's a religion with you statist true-believers. You'll shill for free.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meet the new elephant boss The last gasp of a dying Republic is a "living, breathing Constitution."
Why is it that none of our "tea party" / "conservative" posters can respond to a thread without attacking the poster? Did you care to offer your view on the topic at hand?
Did you care to offer your view on the topic at hand? Ha! I post against your arguments and all you do is post a few words in response. You have an agenda, you're not intellectually honest, and you rip the Tea Party? DNC Basement I say.
Being a Democratic shill means you check your humanity at the door.
Sure. I'll do so by citing the first sentence of the article: What "other things"? And why is it - to quote Pelosi - that we have to pass these monstrosities to "find out what's in them?" Of course you know the answer - it's because these "power grabs" would never stand on their own. They must be hidden in other non-related legislation and "sneaked past" the people. And the added bonus is you shills get to demonize the 'pubs to boot.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meet the new elephant boss The last gasp of a dying Republic is a "living, breathing Constitution."
You have an agenda, you're not intellectually honest, and you rip the Tea Party? I'm giving you the opportunity to counter or support the GOP position in an open/public form and instead you choose to attack me.
Same as the old jackass boss
#2. To: Ignore Amos (#1)
#3. To: go65 (#0)
#4. To: Bartcoprules (#2)
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You sound like Nurse Ratched when she claimed that ACORN was paying people to post on the cuckoo's nest.
Same as the old jackass boss
#5. To: Ignore Amos (#1)
I'll give you this, go65. Most of the shills on here are usually said to be posting from "their mommy's basement."
Being a Republicans means you get to choose your own reality
#6. To: go65 (#5)
Why is it that none of our "tea party" / "conservative" posters can respond to a thread without attacking the poster?
#7. To: go65 (#5)
Did you care to offer your view on the topic at hand?
House Republican leadership is advising its members to vote against a bipartisan bill that would, among other things, bolster medical support to Sept. 11 victims.
Same as the old jackass boss
#8. To: Nebuchadnezzar (#6)
Ha! I post against your arguments and all you do is post a few words in response.
Being a Republicans means you get to choose your own reality
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