9/11 Heroes Finally Get Help - DESPITE The GOP (Do The Republicans Hate Americans?)

Breaking news - on their second attempt, the House just passed a bill to provide health care to the rescue workers from 9/11 who suffered illnesses from the toxic fumes. That is great news. Well done Congress.

But when you look at the vote, it begs a bigger question - why is it that (almost) all Republicans time after time vote AGAINST bills that actually help people? Only 17 Republicans voted for this bill. There are what, 178 Republicans in the house right now?

And voting against this bill boggles the mind - aren't the Republicans all about being patriotic and always talking about the heroes of 9/11? So tell me then, why would almost all of them vote against providing health care to the heroes of 9/11? Well, they claim they are concerned with the $7.4 billion cost.

Funny, they say the same thing about health insurance reform, protecting the environment, unemployment benefits, improving education...the list is endless. Anything that benefits the American public is too expensive it seems.

Yet they NEVER (and I mean never) care about the cost of tax cuts for billionaires, a needless war in Iraq, contracts for defense contractors, bailing out banks...the list is endless. Anything that benefits the richest 1 percent of the country or multi-national corporations is never too expensive.

Hmm...do you notice a trend here? Their record shows clearly that they could care less about average Americans.

Any American who takes even two minutes to pay attention and think about this will see definitively that the Republican agenda these days is to benefit the richest people who don't need help, and corporations who ship jobs overseas. And the end result of this agenda - as history has proven over the last 30 years - is in direct opposition to helping the American people, and it has destroyed the middle class.

One day I will post a list of all the bills from this session of Congress alone that the Republicans have voted against; bills that would benefit average Americans; bill that would benefit 99% of the country. It’s a LONG list.

But right now I don’t have the time. Unlike our civil servants in Congress, I actually have to work for a living.

Lar