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Vetteman94 on 17 December 2010
Kasz216 said:

How is it several hundred thousand per person, on a 7 billion cost?

7 billion is only 9 zeroes.  I think you are thinking of 7 Trillion which would make you numbers correct.  

7 billion = 7,000,000,000

Divided by 10,000 is 7,000,000,000/10,000 = 700,000



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pacman91 on 17 December 2010

10,000(4 zeros) claims

$700,000(5 zeros) 

X

________________

$7,000,000,000(9 zeros)

And now you know

I'd be curious to see if everyone who filed actually has a serious medical condition from ground zero. Most of them I'm sure are honest and actually do have an ailment caused from ground zero. However, some might not be so honest.



Rath on 17 December 2010

According to this there were 30,000 people who responded to 9/11.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-12-09/9senate-republicans-block-bill-for-ill-9-11-workers.html



Kasz216 on 17 December 2010
leatherhat said:
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Slimebeast said:

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.


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

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

My bad on that one.  Still 70 million is still ridiculious.... I mean 7 million a piece would still be VERY high, and there weren't nearly that many workers.


Still wrong. 7 million a piece would only be one thousand people. 70 million a piece would be one hundred.

Eh, regardless it's ridiculiously high number, doing the math quickly without thinking about it honestly, because it's just such a ridiculious number.

The number of people who have filed complaints is 10,000. (looked it up it's over 10,000, but not worth saying "tens of thousands."

So

7 billion into 10,000.  Maybe 20,000 if your lucky and the numbers explode.

So, taking my time this time... it actually is 700 million per person, or if "lucky" 350 million.

Why not just cut everybody a check for 5 million?


Not to nitpick, but with 10000 people it would be seven hundred thousand for each person. Which seems reasonable if you know how high medical bills for cancer and things of that nature can run. 

How is it several hundred thousand per person, on a 7 billion cost?


7 billion/ 10000 = 700,000 

Thats how

Yeah, that's what i get for shorthanding it.  Though 700 to 350 million does still seem VERY high for people with cancer... i've known people who've gone through various cancer treatments... including my mom.



pacman91 on 17 December 2010
Rath said:

According to this there were 30,000 people who responded to 9/11.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-12-09/9senate-republicans-block-bill-for-ill-9-11-workers.html


30,000 responded, but 10,043 filed.



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leatherhat on 17 December 2010
Kasz216 said:
leatherhat said:
Kasz216 said:
leatherhat said:
Kasz216 said:
leatherhat said:
Kasz216 said:
leatherhat said:
Kasz216 said:
leatherhat said:
Slimebeast said:

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.


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

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

My bad on that one.  Still 70 million is still ridiculious.... I mean 7 million a piece would still be VERY high, and there weren't nearly that many workers.


Still wrong. 7 million a piece would only be one thousand people. 70 million a piece would be one hundred.

Eh, regardless it's ridiculiously high number, doing the math quickly without thinking about it honestly, because it's just such a ridiculious number.

The number of people who have filed complaints is 10,000. (looked it up it's over 10,000, but not worth saying "tens of thousands."

So

7 billion into 10,000.  Maybe 20,000 if your lucky and the numbers explode.

So, taking my time this time... it actually is 700 million per person, or if "lucky" 350 million.

Why not just cut everybody a check for 5 million?


Not to nitpick, but with 10000 people it would be seven hundred thousand for each person. Which seems reasonable if you know how high medical bills for cancer and things of that nature can run. 

How is it several hundred thousand per person, on a 7 billion cost?


7 billion/ 10000 = 700,000 

Thats how

Yeah, that's what i get for shorthanding it.  Though 700 to 350 million does still seem VERY high for people with cancer... i've known people who've gone through various cancer treatments... including my mom.

I think it depends on severity and length of treatment, but 700,000 isn't out of the question.



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FreeTalkLive on 17 December 2010
Galaki said:

of the Republican party?


Senate Filibusters are almost always good.  The less amount of time the US Senate is in session, the better as it usually does bad things.  So this is great news. 

Thank you Mitch for talking about your friend instead of voting to increases taxes and spending with that time.  Mitch usually does the wrong thing while in office but in this case, he did all of the people of the US a good service.

Thank you Jon for discourging the Senate from meeting that week.  The less the US Senate does, the better it is for everyone.



 

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Rath on 17 December 2010
Kasz216 said:

Yeah, that's what i get for shorthanding it.  Though 700 to 350 million does still seem VERY high for people with cancer... i've known people who've gone through various cancer treatments... including my mom.


You mean thousand =P



Vetteman94 on 17 December 2010
FreeTalkLive said:
Galaki said:

of the Republican party?


Senate Filibusters are almost always good.  The less amount of time the US Senate is in session, the better as it usually does bad things.  So this is great news. 

Thank you Mitch for talking about your friend instead of voting to increases taxes and spending with that time.  Mitch usually does the wrong thing while in office but in this case, he did all of the people of the US a good service.

Thank you Jon for discourging the Senate from meeting that week.  The less the US Senate does, the better it is for everyone.

Please tell me you are kidding?



FreeTalkLive on 17 December 2010
Vetteman94 said:
FreeTalkLive said:
Galaki said:

of the Republican party?


Senate Filibusters are almost always good.  The less amount of time the US Senate is in session, the better as it usually does bad things.  So this is great news. 

Thank you Mitch for talking about your friend instead of voting to increases taxes and spending with that time.  Mitch usually does the wrong thing while in office but in this case, he did all of the people of the US a good service.

Thank you Jon for discourging the Senate from meeting that week.  The less the US Senate does, the better it is for everyone.

Please tell me you are kidding?

About what?  Congress goes to DC and spends other people's money worse than the people would have spent it.  Almost everything Congress does is bad.  The less Congress meets, the better it is for everyone.  I think this is the popular opinion of the people in the US.  People certainly feel this way in New Hampshire, the Live Free or Die state.  Where do you live?



 

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