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“We’d be more than happy to absolve these people of their debts. We just can’t do it. We’d be breaking the law.” Ok. There's a law, a bad law that needs to be
by CalChris 10y ago
“We’d be more than happy to absolve these people of their debts. We just can’t do it. We’d be breaking the law.”
Ok. There's a law, a bad law that needs to be changed. Is Congress so dysfunctional it can't fix this monstrosity?
- withdavidli 10y agoYes. Think about the 911 bill. Taking a decade to help cover medical costs of first responders and those that helped dig out dead bodies and hoping to find survivors. It was so sad to see Jon Stewart talk about this years later with only one person from the original panel because two were too ill now to show up and one died. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3350433/John-Stewart-s-poignant-return-Daily-three-chairs-Former-host-Trevor-Noah-s-guest-leaves-spaces-9-11-responders-dead-ill-join-show.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3350433/John-Stewart...
- toomuchtodo 10y agoKudos to Jon Stewart though. He walked the halls of Congress on his own time after leaving the Daily Show to shame representatives into passing the bill responsible for covering the care of first responders. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L11Bxolo44 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L11Bxolo44
- notwhereyouare 10y agoRemember this is the same Congress that overruled Obama's veto and then complained afterwards that obama should have told them not to pass the bill
- dlp211 10y agoFor the uninitiated: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/mitch-mcconnell-saudi-9-11-bill-228903 http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/mitch-mcconnell-saudi-...
- a3n 10y ago> Is Congress so dysfunctional it can't fix this monstrosity? Well, first they'd have to get past the inevitable argument to defund Planned Parenthood. So, yes. Yes they are that dysfunctional.