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How Republicans Screwed Us Today — 5/10/11

May 10, 2011 at 8:21 PM Leave a comment

So, what did we learn today about how Republicans are f**king us?  Here’s what:

Alabama’s GOP Delegation Voted Against Funding for Tornado Forecasting

U.S. Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL) spent the better part of two days last week touring areas of his state devastted by killer tornadoes. Bachus was in Tuscaloosa when President Obama toured perhaps the hardest hit area in Alabama.  And Bachus issued a somber statement, calling on citizens to come together to help comfort those affected by the storms.

Bachus, however, apparently neglected to mention that he and other Republicans in Alabama’s Congressional delegation voted against funding for satellites that are critical for accurate storm forecasting. The Web site climateprogress.org reports that Bachus and his fellow Alabama Republicans–Martha Roby, Mo Brooks, Robert Aderholt, Mike Rogers, and Jo Bonner–voted against a bill that would replace aging satellites that are the heart of America’s weather-forecasting system.

Boehner Goes to Wall Street and Says Hi Guys, I Work For You!

House Speaker John Boehner will step up his efforts Monday to lay out a strategy for raising the debt ceiling to a crowd heavy on Wall Street players who are anxiously watching the fierce debate over the debt ceiling unfold.

In a speech to the Economic Club of New York in Midtown Manhattan, the Ohio Republican is set to reiterate to leading financial executives that he believes that reforming Medicare should be part of negotiations in raising the debt ceiling, saying that there needs to be “an honest conversation,” because the program is on an “unsustainable path if changes are not made,” according to sources familiar with the speech. Boehner also is expected to advocate for immediate cuts rather than deficit and debt targets preferred by some Democrats.

“Reforming Medicare.”  Yeah, right.  The “reform” Republicans are pushing is about pouring Medicare and Medicaid dollars into the “health care” corporatocracy.  They’re salivating at the thought and Boehner aims to deliver, with our tax dollars.

Florida City Paying $2,500 A Day To Radical Union-Busting Firm To Stop Workers From Organizing:

Now, the city of Winter Park, Florida, is going to new lengths to stop nearly 150 city workers from joining a union. Apparently more concerned with stopping the union than saving money, Winter Park hired consultants at Kulture LLC, “a firm specializing in labor relations” at the rate of $2,500 a day to persuade workers to vote against organizing this summer.

Don’t you just love how they have money out the wazoo for their favorite things but not for ours?

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