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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-22-10 01:22 PM
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15. "people will be helped by this imperfection"
That's where we disagree.

I think people will be harmed by it.

Did it help the homeless in certain California cities when their lack of shelter was declared a crime?

This bill's mandate looks pretty similar to that.
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  -Rachel on Andrea Mitchell: gateley  Jan-22-10 12:41 PM   #0 
  - What Rachel wanted to say  Doctor_J   Jan-22-10 12:42 PM   #1 
  - Undoubtedly. Earlier in the show Andrea was speaking to other guests  gateley   Jan-22-10 01:04 PM   #9 
  - Pass it in small parts or pass the Senate bill and then change some things in reconciliation.  Jennicut   Jan-22-10 12:43 PM   #2 
  - new bills need 60  jacksonian   Jan-22-10 12:55 PM   #4 
     - Exactly - it's the Only. Way. I'm convinced of that now. Nothing is going to  gateley   Jan-22-10 12:59 PM   #5 
     - "nothing is not an option"  FiveGoodMen   Jan-22-10 01:02 PM   #8 
     - and the perfect is the enemy of the good  jacksonian   Jan-22-10 01:14 PM   #12 
     - "people will be helped by this imperfection"  FiveGoodMen   Jan-22-10 01:22 PM   #15 
        - Even the Massachusetts bill has helped people and this is better than that  CreekDog   Jan-22-10 01:28 PM   #19 
        - I can understand the health mandate (don't like it, but it's all $$$) but I've  gateley   Jan-22-10 01:46 PM   #21 
        - mandates are irrelevant, like car insurance  jacksonian   Jan-22-10 04:59 PM   #22 
     - Nothing will lead to worse things  CreekDog   Jan-22-10 01:26 PM   #17 
     - Yup  CreekDog   Jan-22-10 01:25 PM   #16 
  - I think we should break it up and vote on the componets. nt  Captain Hilts   Jan-22-10 12:47 PM   #3 
  - Boehner has already said No to that approach. You're making the mistake  gateley   Jan-22-10 01:00 PM   #7 
     - Make them vote 'no' on stopping ins. discrimination, gouging, etc. Call their bluff!!!  Captain Hilts   Jan-22-10 01:12 PM   #11 
        - No problem-o for them. They'll just spin it to make it look like they did the  gateley   Jan-22-10 01:21 PM   #14 
  - "the only way to keep it alive is to pass the senate bill"  FiveGoodMen   Jan-22-10 01:00 PM   #6 
  - I agree with Rachel on this one, but I understand the point you're making.  gateley   Jan-22-10 01:09 PM   #10 
     - If we can truly patch it up via Reconciliation, that's great  FiveGoodMen   Jan-22-10 01:16 PM   #13 
        - It's a tough issue - damned if you do, damned if you don't. I think I'm just  gateley   Jan-22-10 01:27 PM   #18 
  - well, if corporations completely take over the airwaves even more  Mari333   Jan-22-10 01:30 PM   #20 
 

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