Rosa Luxemburg
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Sun Jan-24-10 11:59 AM
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Senators listen to the people what they want for healthcare! |
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Edited on Sun Jan-24-10 12:01 PM by Rosa Luxemburg
All the way through the healthcare 'passage' (rather like the passage through the alimentary canal except it hasn't been passed yet). No Senator has ever bothered to ask their constituents what they want for healthcare. People don't like the Senators. Each Senator seems to think they they are prophets of the health insurance gods. Why don't they have a referendum giving each household the proper facts, preventing it being hijacked by teabaggers and the rest? If the Senators can't represent the people properly then they shouldn't be there.
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Sun Jan-24-10 12:45 PM
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1. "No Senator has ever bothered to ask their constituents what they want for healthcare." |
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That's not true.
Some Senators have had polls on their websites, which they have emailed links out for.
I know this, because I got an email from Dick Durbin's office linking to a poll on his website about healthcare.
While this may not be the best or most accurate way to get input from constituents, it's not true to say no Senators have asked for input.
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Rosa Luxemburg
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Sun Jan-24-10 01:08 PM
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2. maybe one or two but as you say not extensive |
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Sun Jan-24-10 01:48 PM
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3. I know Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana listened extensively to the people. |
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Sun Jan-24-10 01:50 PM
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4. he listened to his wife |
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on the board of directors at Wellpoint
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Rosa Luxemburg
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Sun Jan-24-10 04:42 PM
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7. he should be given limited power |
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Sun Jan-24-10 05:16 PM
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in any other occupation that's called a conflict of interest. Why isn't it considered one for a senator?
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Sun Jan-24-10 02:08 PM
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Claire Mccaskill is now saying slow down.
:wtf:
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Rosa Luxemburg
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Sun Jan-24-10 04:17 PM
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6. surely they know by now what people want |
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instead of what we the Senators it should be what we the people want. How can they possibly draft a bill without consultation with ordinary people?
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Sun Jan-24-10 05:20 PM
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9. We do not exist to them. But we will after the mid-terms I'm afraid. |
Rosa Luxemburg
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Sun Jan-24-10 08:53 PM
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10. When I contact my senators |
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they say they would like to have single payer health or they would like a public option yet whe it comes to the crunch they won't speak up!
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Sun Jan-24-10 08:57 PM
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11. My senators didn't bother to answer my emails... |
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What would you expect from Vile Kyl and Gramps McCain? They don't represent the people of Arizona.
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Rosa Luxemburg
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Sun Jan-24-10 09:03 PM
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12. drop in at their offices in DC one day or |
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do they run a meet the constituents session in your state?
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Sun Jan-24-10 09:12 PM
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13. Nope... they do nothing. |
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I'm a bit far from DC to drop in and the way our teachers' salaries are in peril, regardless of our contracts, I'm saving every penny so no $$ for traveling.
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