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   ARodney said, 5 months ago

   Yep. Blue states have traditionally voted to help out Red states when they’re in trouble. Suckers!
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   rwfuller said, 5 months ago

   Maybe it is because all of the pork that was added, hmmm?
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   TheTrustedMechanic said, 5 months ago

   Compassion for others is NOT a republican value.
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   THEVIC IOUSDOUG MARTIG said, 5 months ago

   Compa… What? sorry I am browsing through the repugnicans dictionary and can’t find that word!! (should I Google it? )
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   Radish said, 5 months ago

   Compassionate conservatism in action.
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   rightisright said, 5 months ago

   Stealing from one to give to another isn’t compassion. Those drowning the rest of us in debt deserve to drown.
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   cdward said, 5 months ago

   @rightisright

   Those states are the ones that provide for the red states. Blue states pat in far more than theybreceive – red states are leeches that take more than they pay.
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   Eryx said, 5 months ago

   @rightisright

   Not only do those states ALL receive less in federal spending than they send to Washington, their workers also are the people that you Reslugs ostensibly think generate all the jobs and build all the wealth for everybody else. Can you say “Wall Street”?
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   Ms. Ima said, 5 months ago

   Sad to see all the people lose their houses. The ‘fiscal cliff’ was the mantra the media has been drumming for a month. The Sandy bill will be full of pork by dems to run up the deficit even more.
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    Ms. Ima said, 5 months ago

    @Radish

    Uncompassionate liberalism in action.
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    cjr53 said, 5 months ago

    @cdward

    He knows that. He likes that that way. The r/w use double speak to confuse those that don’t want to look at the truth, or do any research beyond billow reilly or rush the entertainer.
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    Harleyquinn said, 5 months ago

    Close, but more top the point they where busy stuffing it with pork! BOTH SIDES!
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    Robert Landers said, 5 months ago

    @Harleyquinn

    Harley, I am an American, and I would rather see a bill to help my fellow Americans regardless of their political leanings. I do not like pork added either, but rather such a bill than no help at all.

    Natural disasters can occur anywhere in this country at any time to anybody. And Americans do try hard to help themselves, but sometimes the results of such a disaster are far worse than local authorities can handle. I am glad to live in and pay taxes in a country where the people help each other, even with some amount of pork.
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    cjr53 said, 5 months ago

    @Robert Landers

    I’m in total agreement. Excellent post.
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    Thank you.
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    edinbaltimore said, 5 months ago

    NPR story today about Seabright (?) a small Jersey Shore town whose yearly budget is $5 million. Their TRASH bill from Sandy is already $2 million! I suppose no Federal help is in order? Because we wouldn’t want to raise taxes! And they couldn’t raise them enough to cover this bill. But then they CHOSE to live there, so it’s THEIR problem, right?
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