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In reply to the discussion: The Republicans SERIOUSLY fucked themselves with the FAA thing [View all]bvar22
(39,909 posts)37. The OP is a bogus appeal to emotion.
The Sequester is DESIGNED to cause hardship.
Exempting the RICH and Privileged from the HARDSHIP
detsroys the whole basis,
and throws the HARDSHIP disproportionately on the shoulders of the Working Class and The Poor.
What makes THESE people
" a little girl whose new kidney is two time zones away, a family going to Walter Reed to visit one of George Bush's victims or a hundred factory workers in Minnesota who won't work tomorrow if a critical machine part doesn't get here from California by 9 am"
MORE important than:
The Unemployed
The Elderly Couple depending on Meals on Wheels
Head Start
The Elderly Couple depending on Meals on Wheels
Head Start
This one is ESPECIALLY dishonest:
the imaginary "little girl whose new kidney is two time zones away"
Emergency Organ Flights are given special clearances and priorities that are unaffected by The Sequester. THOSE flight go-to-the-head-of-the-Line.
We have seen this tactic Over and Over in the last 10 years.
The Dishonest Brokers of Bad Information will pick out some extreme minority
and make an emotional appeal to justify giving away the store for a handful of beans.
SEE: Extension of Bush Tax Cuts to "save" that small minority whose Unemployment Benefits were about to expire.
The exemption of the FAA from the Sequester overwhelmingly benefits the RICH and Privileged.
They don't give a shit about that girl in the hospital,
but WILL use her to help THEM avoid the slightest inconvenience!
WORD!!!
[font color=firebrick size=3][center]The Democratic Party is a BIG TENT,
but there is NO ROOM for those
who advance the agenda of THE RICH
at the EXPENSE of LABOR and the POOR. [/font][/center]
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He is referring to the recent vote on the FAA where both parties supported it. nm
rhett o rick
Apr 2013
#31
In fact I think it's worse for the Democrats. While this could have been an issue in the coming
rhett o rick
Apr 2013
#48
So what! Make sure that the money funding the FAA comes from sales of tickets and
JDPriestly
Apr 2013
#21
Make the FAA function as a separate non-profit with fees exacted from the airlines and
JDPriestly
Apr 2013
#22
I'm not saying that they should'nt Regulate, I'm saying who should fund them.
bahrbearian
Apr 2013
#28
I would like to respectively question your assumptions. What if Pres Obama is getting exactly what
rhett o rick
Apr 2013
#47
We are fighting an uphill battle. Even supposedly "liberal minded Democrats" here in DU are
rhett o rick
Apr 2013
#50
I disagree. The Democrats seriously screwed themselves by getting in the mud
rhett o rick
Apr 2013
#33
It's all about OUR representatives paying attention to who really matters to them.
alarimer
Apr 2013
#46
We'll see. It comes down to votes. Republicans show up to vote for Republicans.
Honeycombe8
Apr 2013
#56