Additions to Last Night’s Funding Bill
[Guest post by DRJ]
The War Funding bill that passed the House last night had several additions such as the “Deemed as Passed” budget provision, FEMA funds for disaster assistance, and money to settle pending lawsuits with African-American farmers and Indians. It sounds like the funding for the Indian settlement wasn’t in question as much as funding for their lawyers. Was this a bonanza for some trial lawyers?
Meanwhile, in his Weekly Address, President Obama says the GOP is playing the “same old Washington games.” The Democrats have perfected the game.
— DRJ
From Reuters:
For decades, black farmers said they were unjustly being denied farm loans or subjected to longer waits for loan approval because of racism, and accused the USDA of not responding to their complaints.
— You didn’t give us guvmint money when we wanted it; therefore, you’re gonna give us guvmint money now!
What possible reason is there for some people to NOT play “the card”?
Icy Texan (6fb9f7) — 7/3/2010 @ 1:21 pmI did not realize there were that many African-American farmers. That’s a lot of bucks.
PatAZ (9d1bb3) — 7/3/2010 @ 2:42 pmIcy Texan & PatAZ: Yes, there were a lot of black farmers unjustly discriminated against as a matter of policy by the USDA, and quite a few of them still living; and the Department of the Interior didn’t just mismanage Indian funds, they made Madoff seem on the up and up in comparison.
As citizen and a taxpayer, it sucks that our government stuck us in the position of being liable to other citizens for discriminating against them or playing so fast and loose as a trustee to their funds that they evaporated…but right or wrong, its my country and now its time to man up and make a wrong a right.
While many of the claims by race baiters like Sharpton and Jackson are without merit, this isn’t one of those claims.
EW1(SG) (edc268) — 7/3/2010 @ 3:24 pmWas this a bonanza for some trial lawyers?
D R J ?
This was rhetorical, right?
Of course it was a payoff to their paymasters, the Tort Bar.
When was the last time the Pelosi House did anything for the country at large.
Pat…This is probably reparations for screwing them out of that “40 acres and a mule” thing.
AD - RtR/OS! (712fff) — 7/3/2010 @ 3:25 pm