Zadroga bill Democrats are so busy faking outrage for use as leverage since their policies don’t do the trick, they completely miss the point of this above concern: Don’t you think Individual A, who suffered greater injuries and has more for which to pay, would benefit from having more money to help offset those costs – and that Individual B, who did not suffer and has nowhere near the amount if injury as Individual A, should not receive as much as someone struggling with greater health issues and bills? Because if that’s the point, to help those struggling, then cutting an equal check for all sounds less like the intended goal and more like a pay out a la Pigford and this is exactly the sort of thing congress should NOT want to repeat.
Of course, Democrats, by their behavior on this issue, seem concerned only with who comes out on top in 2012 and are spinning their wheels in the mud as fervently as possible in order to exploit this entire issue for political gain – while, ironically, screeching that those who dare to oppose their rushed-through and sloppily vetted proposal hate first responders, America, bald eagles, and baby Jesus.This is the real outrage – that such a public relations ploy would be used in lieu of responsible legislation and they can get away with it because their media refuse to hold them accountable.
Giuliani has been more critical in his remarks, saying on Fox this morning that Congress has an “obligation” to help first responders to rushed to Ground Zero and are now ill because of the time they spent on the pile. He said he has been reaching out at Mayor Bloomberg’s request to GOP senators and isn’t getting much of a response. If you’re just dealing with appearances, no, that is not true. The 9/11 First Responders are the great heroes of our time, and many of them lack insurance coverage for their various serious injuries. The image of the Republicans is one of someone holding a gun to Lassie’s head and shooting her just after she alerted Gramps
