They Say Everybody Has Their Price
Friday, November 20, 2009 at 02:16AM And, according to abcnews.com, Senator Harry Reid guesses that Democrat from Louisiana, Mary Landrieu’s price is $100 million for her “yes” vote on the ObamaCare bill that Reid is now sheperding through the Senate.
“…On page 432 of the Reid bill, there is a section increasing federal Medicaid subsidies for “certain states recovering from a major disaster.”
The section spends two pages defining which “states” would qualify, saying, among other things, that it would be states that “during the preceding 7 fiscal years” have been declared a “major disaster area.”
I am told the section applies to exactly one state: Louisiana, the home of moderate Democrat Mary Landrieu, who has been playing hard to get on the health care bill.
In other words, the bill spends two pages describing would could be written with a single world: Louisiana. (This may also help explain why the bill is long.)
Senator Harry Reid, who drafted the bill, cannot pass it without the support of Louisiana’s Mary Landrieu.
How much does it cost? According to the Congressional Budget Office: $100 million.”
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Reader Comments (6)
The Marxists are on the march, how far will we let them get.....
100 million for Louisianna is an absolute bargain compared to the 100 billion to Blackwater and Cheneys other freinds
Bribery is a way of life in the House and Senate
This at least is a legal bribe. There should be some net benefit to some La residents, after Landrieu and her connected contractor friends stuff their pockets with a little off the top.
Well. California is bankrupt because of this type of legislation. Unions elect the Democrat self-serving representatives. these representatives legislate pensions for government union workers that automatically increase by a set percent (7%?) every single year, regardless of the state of the economy.
So, while the private pensions lost money with the fall in the market, the public pensions increased in value. My retirement shriveled in size. But the public pensions increased as if the market was still booming.
If you know any arithmetic you will quickly realize that this is impossible. You can't spend money you don't have. Who gives the government the money to pay out pensions checks if the pensions have shriveled up in a bad investment market? Who makes up the difference? The taxpayer!
So, the Legislation in the Fed. Govt. does the same- they are bought off, with ill-advised buy-outs simply for regional bribes - and guess what...the Fed is totally bankrupt! Just like California!
I think that the New Orleans Senator (a Republican, btw - a guy who I wrote an admiration filled entry about not too long ago...), had his vote bought and paid for by BHO, too.
It doesn't take much for some to compromise their prinicples, does it? A billion or ten billion or so of non-existent money.
No - not Senator. Sorry. Representative in the House.