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

[dredmond at efn.org]

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