3/15/2005

As the Bankers Welfare Act of 2005, AKA the Bankruptcy Bill, goes to the House it is not too late to fax or email the Republican National Committee and let them know what the TV ads the Democrats will run might look like. The old lady limping down the street because both her house and car were taken from her to pay her medical bills; the widow of a guy killed in Iraq who has lost her car to pay for medical bills not covered by the VA might go like this:

Heartless Bureaucrat: This is a means test demanded by the Republican Congress.
Widow: (Holding back tears) OK.
Heartless Bureaucrat: Why can't you pay this $29,000 medical bill which you ran up for your daughter's chemotherapy?
Widow: Because my husband was killed in Iraq and I have no income.
Heartless Bureaucrat: Can you prove he was killed in action? Isn't it true he was killed by a car bomb in Kuwait which is not a combat area?
Widow: (sniff, sniff, sob)
Heartless Bureaucrat: We will have to sieze your car and home before you can be allowed to go bankrupt. Sorry.
CUT TO: Bankers laughing on the golf course.....

And so on. This bill is suicide for the Republicans. Go here and just fax to the phone numbers listed or email them (but email is not read anymore).