[lbo-talk] Dems decide to let 1 million unemployed starve - Baucus: 'You can't go on forever'

dredmond at efn.org dredmond at efn.org
Fri Apr 30 10:06:08 PDT 2010


On Thu, April 29, 2010 5:23 pm, SA forwarded:


> More Than a Million in U.S. May Lose Jobless Benefits
> By Brian Faler
>
> “You can’t go on forever,” said Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max
> Baucus, of Montana, whose panel oversees the benefits program. “I think
> 99 weeks is sufficient,” he said.

Baucus is the quintessential Insco-Big Pharma stooge. Here's Baucus' take from 2005-2010 (data from http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/industries.php?cycle=2010&cid=N00004643&type=I):

Finance, Insur, Real Estate $2.5 million Health $1.8 million Lawyers/lobbyists $1.1 million Misc business $1.1 million

-- DRR



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