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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"There is enough poison in that bill to kill America"
what I just told my reps staff when I called to ask for his "NO" vote.
They asked which provision I was against and I listed about four and then made the comment above.
seveneyes
(4,631 posts)Just imagine if the genes to promote compassion for other lives were intentionally eliminated.
pa28
(6,145 posts)Too bad we have to fight our own president to do it but unfortunately here we are!
CrispyQ
(36,509 posts)herding cats
(19,567 posts)I posted this yesterday and it wasn't popular, but it does cover some of what I think of as the most toxic points of this spending bill.
If you'd like to share the information with those you know, before they call their senators, it may help if they know what's in there. There's more in there than the big two (Dodd-Frank repeal and campaign finance free for all) to set our hair on fire.
Tax collectors will have to get by with a lot less money thanks to a second straight year of cuts to enforcement.
Congress got Wall Street two early Christmas presents.
The bill leaves homeless advocates out in the cold.
Affordable housing advocates are worried that the bill will harm low-income families.
The people who drive 80,000-pound trucks wont have to sleep as often before getting on the highway.
Washington D.C.s marijuana legalization effort might be disrupted. Or it might not be.
Campaign finance regulations are phased out.
The bill cuts $300 million from Pell Grants for low-income college students and gives it to student loan debt collectors.
Details of the changes on each item are in the article: http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/12/10/3601742/cromnibus-lowlights/
truebrit71
(20,805 posts)Every last fucking one of them....
kentuck
(111,110 posts)Thanks!