I don't understand at all. Do these firefighters want extra money for being on the ground 0 on 9/11?

Not anymore then usual.

I mean the Liberal wing of the Democrats would be blocking unemployment benefits if they could get the votes.

This is just was politicians do... they're all douchebags.  Hell, they'll postpone and vote against shit they DO want 100% just so they can write a bill later, pass it and get the credit!

This is generally why I plan to vote for nothing but polticians I know WON'T win, because fuck the guys who do.  I'd rather vote for some crazy third party guy who's single platform is the seizure of all privately owned land or something.

I mean, it's like asking if your disgusted Kim Jong Ill had someone executed.  Not really.  It's disgusting but your so used to it... you just stop caring.

Wow apparently the bill that the Republicans voted against would have cost $7.1 billion!

$7 billion just to cover the medical expenses for supposed health problems of emergency workers due to 9/11.

LOL!

Ridiculous. If it was $7 million it would have been reasonable, or even $70 million. But $7,000 million for a few rescue workers' supposed health problems. USA is crazy.

Yup, let those fight for you die because they are costing you now. Saving a whole $7B.

It was going to be paid for by closing a corporate tax loophole. So it wouldn't have cost tax payers anything.

Your ignorance is almost as disgusting as the Republicans who pulled this.

That doesn't make it any better.

Do you understand how ridiculous and sickening that incredible amount of money is for supposed health problems of a few rescue workers? It's like the whole budget of a smaller nation.

Don't you see there are no proportions?! That is what is disgusting about this story, not the Republican no.

Its certainly more than a few, but unfortunately I cant find any concrete numbers

Or they could just close the loophole and just lower peoples taxes by 7 billion.  Or just paid for stuff that's already not being paid for.

There is no way it should cost 7 billion to treat them.

Assuming there were 1 million rescue workers... which, there was nowhere near that many... that's 700 Million a piece.

What?

It's like the Healthcare Health Exchange that's going to cost us billions of dollars... when it's going to be a website like Orbitz... where the fuck does all this money go?  I'm guessing Orbitz doesn't spend BILLIONS on their website.

You might want to check your math on that one. Theres only a thousand million in a billion