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Related: About this forumWhat do the GOP get out of not doing anything on Zika? Are
they hoping abortion becomes an election issue front and center if there is a zika outbreak across the country? I don't get it.
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What do the GOP get out of not doing anything on Zika? Are (Original Post)
applegrove
Aug 2016
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By allowing a crisis to develop they prove that gummint is unable to deal with problems. nt.
Warren Stupidity
Aug 2016
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JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)1. They don't think air pollution, or climate change impact them either.
They live to collect as much money as they can RIGHT NOW.
What happens later ... meh ... they don't care.
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)2. Surprised?....their leadership have done next to nothing for years for
Americans....in a perverted brain they think doing nothing proves doing nothing is always the answer of government . Will this be an election issue?....in Florida absolutely....id say Hillary is 100% set to win....as she ties awful GOP leadership of congress to apathetic response....
unblock
(52,243 posts)3. democrats want something. republicans oppose it.
it's not really more complicated than that.
pretty much like threatening to default on the national debt.
if the air conditioning in congress went out and democrats wanted to get it fixed, republicans would oppose it.
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)4. By allowing a crisis to develop they prove that gummint is unable to deal with problems. nt.