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cyberswede

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9. Maybe this...

Reply to NewHere112233 (Reply #8)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 02:16 PM

Jan 2013

The delay is probably due, in no small measure, to Right-Wing political activist David Koch, the fourth-richest man in America and bank-roller of the SuperPAC Americans For Prosperity, who warned congressmen away from the Hurricane Sandy aid package, under pain of his financial retribution.

http://www.silive.com/opinion/columns/index.ssf/2013/01/in_hurricane_sandy_aid_delay_d.html

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Money and The Maxed Out Right [View all] Tom Rinaldo Jan 2013 OP

I'd say you're calling it about right. Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #1

Constitutional Republic... NewHere112233 Jan 2013 #2

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Sorry NewHere112233 Jan 2013 #7

2 and 1/2 months after a major disaster is not the time to shave "Pork" from disaster response funds Tom Rinaldo Jan 2013 #6

2 1/2 Months NewHere112233 Jan 2013 #8

Maybe this... cyberswede Jan 2013 #9

What cyberswede said plus Boehner's fragile Speakership... Tom Rinaldo Jan 2013 #10

So what happens when Wall Street shifts its money Niagara onto the Democrats full force? Fumesucker Jan 2013 #4

There would be a clear down side to that from a progressive stand point Tom Rinaldo Jan 2013 #5

P.S. The problem may be it's too late Tom Rinaldo Jan 2013 #11

I think the Super Wealthy seriously miscalculated Tom Rinaldo Jan 2013 #12