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Unions Spurn White House to Oppose Senate Health Bill
souce cannot be posted | 14 October 2009

Posted on 10/17/2009 9:05:27 AM PDT by Lorianne

Synopsis: 27 Labor Unions oppose Senate Finance Committee health insurance reform plan passed yesterday (Oct 12).


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government
KEYWORDS: bloombergnotallowed; missinglink
This news is being supressed. See link to source below.
1 posted on 10/17/2009 9:05:28 AM PDT by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne

Where is the link?


2 posted on 10/17/2009 9:06:04 AM PDT by dinodino
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To: Lorianne

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=asRzBcIRCcog


3 posted on 10/17/2009 9:06:35 AM PDT by Lorianne
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To: dinodino

You beat me to it. I was trying to get it in the second post.


4 posted on 10/17/2009 9:07:42 AM PDT by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne

I have seen several news stories on this. They are opposing it because it doesn’t include a public option. They should be opposing it because it will tax their Cadillac insurance plans. Oh, wait. Except for the House bill, which would exempt union members from paying the tax on Cadillac plans while slapping everyone else with a big, fat tax to provide health care to illegals.


5 posted on 10/17/2009 9:11:44 AM PDT by La Lydia
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To: Lorianne

That’s great news! Without Union support it’s a much tougher fight to get this POS passed.


6 posted on 10/17/2009 9:18:35 AM PDT by Nateman (If liberals aren't screaming you're doing it wrong.)
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To: La Lydia

“which would exempt union members from paying the tax”

Constitutional???


7 posted on 10/17/2009 9:30:38 AM PDT by RebelTXRose
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To: La Lydia

That’s true, they are opposing it for their own reasons.

But still, it’s opposition ... and the wheels are coming off of this bus.


8 posted on 10/17/2009 9:41:04 AM PDT by Lorianne
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To: RebelTXRose

There is that. I have been saying since last summer that such a provision ought to be a poison pill. Imagine running for re-election as a Democrat (or Republican, for that matter) and having to explain why you voted for a bill that penalizes most people while carving out special tax protection for union members.


9 posted on 10/17/2009 9:41:20 AM PDT by La Lydia
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To: La Lydia

I would be cautious as to this being a distraction as the Union is solidly in thuggery cahoots with Obama and Co.


10 posted on 10/17/2009 9:47:18 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: freekitty

Of course it is the usual union agitprop on behalf of BO, street theater devised to make the dummies think there is a “debate” going on.


11 posted on 10/17/2009 9:49:25 AM PDT by La Lydia
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To: La Lydia

So true. Lie after lie after lie. No foundation and issues of lies. Not America at all.


12 posted on 10/17/2009 10:10:57 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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