Just know that if passed, and if it only costs the $894 billion dollars they project, and only has the ~400,000 words currently in the text when it's finally voted on (I have already heard that several 500+ page amendments wait in the wings), then each and every word you read represents $2.24 million dollars.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/28904.html What an unmitigated disaster. We are so toast if this passes. And just imagine! Cap and trade is waiting in the wings to finish off the last vestiges of republican government and wipe prosperity off the face of the earth for generations. - Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Pete Theisen > Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 3:37 AM > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: [OT] Early story on Health Bill > > Hi Everybody, > > http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aTtREvJnEK4w > > "The bill has no Republican support, and some Democrats object to both > the cost and the idea that federal dollars might help undocumented > immigrants buy insurance. The head of a group of 82 Democrats > complained > that the government insurance plan was too weak. And about 40 other > House Democrats are concerned that government money might be used to > pay > for abortions. > > "Is it settled? No. Close? Yes," said South Carolina Representative > James Clyburn, who counts votes for Democrats." > > Well, the article doesn't say the two authors actually read the bill. > Don't see how they could in 15 hours, even if they divided the work and > each only read half. They are just reporting the gossip about it. > > It may be that *nobody* has read this bill. I myself am only on page > 10, > doubt that I will get through it by Monday, or ever. 1990 pages is a > lot. > -- > Regards, > > Pete > http://pete-theisen.com/ > http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
