Obama coming to Bozemn

Baucus' goal in the health care reform bill (0.00 / 0)

I fear that Baucus is doing all that he can to protect the health insurance industry and the health care providers, and the pharmaceuticals, as they have donated nearly $4,000,000 to his campaign war chest over the years.

Several years ago, he was one of only a very few--and maybe the only--Democratic senators who voted for Bush's giant tax relief bill that benefited only the very wealthy.
The wealthy got wealthier and invested their windfall tax relief in foreign countries.  We lost jobs, we lost income, and we have ended up in about as bad shape as it was after the 1929 stock market collapse.

Then a few years later, Baucus screwed the residents of the tiny burg of Opportunity, by deciding to have the tailings from the drained Milltown Dam trucked or sent by train load to Opportunity rather than to an area that had already been selected and agreed upon near the dam.  His change of heart occured was after he had been wined and dined by Missoula's finest "conservationists." Guess there's more voters in Missoula County than in Deer Lodge County.

These deadly tailings have been transported uncovered, blowing on the wind all those miles from Milltown to Opportunity, and then deposited somewhere near other 100-year old tailings, but without protection for Opportunity residents from wind blown particles.

AND, he stated, somewhere along the route from Milltown to Opportunity, these tailings would be magically transformed into the perfect topsoil for lush, green growth.

Yup, I trust old Max like I trust most con men.  

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by: Gypsy @ Thu Aug 06, 2009 at 03:17:09 AM UTC