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white cloud

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Sat Apr 20, 2013, 09:22 PM Apr 2013

Time for Perry, Cornhead, and Cruise to eat some crow.

A 'Teachable' Moment: Rush Aid to West (TX), But Make Cruz Beg, Include ObamaCare Funding


Senator Ted Cruz (R/TP-TX), along with Governor Rick "I-will-make-Washington-DC-inconsequential-in-your- lives" Perry, has reportedly requested federal aid for West, a town that suffered a devastating industrial accident this past week.

I suspect West's citizens voted for Ted Cruz and support Rick Perry, but I do not really care. If West needs help, we should help them without delay. (If the company were negligent, it should pay too, and perhaps even be charged with criminal negligence, but that is another story entirely.)

While the president, as he should, remains above this fray, Senate Democrats should make this a "teachable moment" by insisting on a few simple conditions:

1. Senator Cruz must lead the fight for aid on the Senate floor. He must explain why federal government aid for West is good and necessary. He must also explain why federal money is justifiable only in an acute disaster, and not in a chronic disaster such as joblessness. The American people deserve to know why one is good, true and beautiful, and the other bad, false and ugly. And none of this "starting us on a path" crap. He must also explain why giving West's wealthiest citizens a tax-cut, instead of federal relief money, is not sufficient.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-abrams/a-teachable-moment-rush-a_b_3122658.html

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Time for Perry, Cornhead, and Cruise to eat some crow. (Original Post) white cloud Apr 2013 OP
These Democrats would never, ever do that. MannyGoldstein Apr 2013 #1
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