Comments on: Rep. McCotter Votes For SCHIP, Loses His ‘Soul’ http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:01:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: MichaelJMcFadden http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/comment-page-1/#comment-5432516 MichaelJMcFadden Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:03:05 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/#comment-5432516 This bill has one major weakness: SCHIP will be funded by a 200% tax increase on most smokers, but also adds a MASSIVE tax increase on one of the poorest of the poor minority groups in the U.S., a group that's poorer on average than blacks, hispanics, seniors, or single moms. I'm speaking of smokers who cannot afford to buy regular cigarettes but who simply buy loose tobacco and roll their own. - - This minority group will be hit with a <strong>TWO THOUSAND PERCENT TAX INCREASE</strong> under SCHIP: taxes on rolling loose tobacco will go from about $1/lb to almost $25/lb. This tax will pour huge amounts of money into the black market, increasing law enforcement and prison spending, and send more money into supporting the next terrorist strike on America. - - - This bill should NOT be supported until the taxation to support it is shared among ALL Americans who love children... not just smokers. - - - Michael J. McFadden Author of <strong>Dissecting Antismokers' Brains</strong> This bill has one major weakness: SCHIP will be funded by a 200% tax increase on most smokers, but also adds a MASSIVE tax increase on one of the poorest of the poor minority groups in the U.S., a group that’s poorer on average than blacks, hispanics, seniors, or single moms. I’m speaking of smokers who cannot afford to buy regular cigarettes but who simply buy loose tobacco and roll their own. – -

This minority group will be hit with a TWO THOUSAND PERCENT TAX INCREASE under SCHIP: taxes on rolling loose tobacco will go from about $1/lb to almost $25/lb. This tax will pour huge amounts of money into the black market, increasing law enforcement and prison spending, and send more money into supporting the next terrorist strike on America. – - -

This bill should NOT be supported until the taxation to support it is shared among ALL Americans who love children… not just smokers. – - –

Michael J. McFadden
Author of Dissecting Antismokers’ Brains

]]> By: nickrhoward http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/comment-page-1/#comment-5430514 nickrhoward Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:49:08 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/#comment-5430514 Reminds me of the statement the big fat idiot made after the election about not "having to carry water anymore for people that didn't deserve it". But then he never slowed down in his water carrying...so I'm wondering if he really wants to do the right thing and will continue to do so or did he just realize that voting the other way on this issue would hurt his reelection chances. Oh, never mind, I just answered the question for myself; after all, he is a "conservative". Reminds me of the statement the big fat idiot made after the election about not “having to carry water anymore for people that didn’t deserve it”. But then he never slowed down in his water carrying…so I’m wondering if he really wants to do the right thing and will continue to do so or did he just realize that voting the other way on this issue would hurt his reelection chances. Oh, never mind, I just answered the question for myself; after all, he is a “conservative”.

]]> By: christopher wiwi http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/comment-page-1/#comment-5430162 christopher wiwi Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:42:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/#comment-5430162 As a Michigan resident i will work as to get him out of office as I did in getting Obama in.McCotter is a soulless gooper who is not good for this country and it`s future. As a Michigan resident i will work as to get him out of office as I did in getting Obama in.McCotter is a soulless gooper who is not good for this country and it`s future.

]]> By: JimboSlice http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/comment-page-1/#comment-5429936 JimboSlice Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:17:38 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/#comment-5429936 How about pointing out that he wised up? People will change if they feel they will be accepted for that change. If they keep getting crap for doing the right thing from "think progress" they will never change and will become even sterner ideologues. So to Amanda Terkel, I advise you to take a long walk off a short pier, oh and take Lord Yglesias with you. How about pointing out that he wised up? People will change if they feel they will be accepted for that change. If they keep getting crap for doing the right thing from “think progress” they will never change and will become even sterner ideologues. So to Amanda Terkel, I advise you to take a long walk off a short pier, oh and take Lord Yglesias with you.

]]> By: Nevar http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/comment-page-1/#comment-5429778 Nevar Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:36:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/#comment-5429778 JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin Says: "Why does the state of Michigan, a supposedly Democratic, blue collar state, send dumbasses like this to Congress?" He represents the 11th district, which was or maybe still is an affluent district outside of Detroit. Livonia, Novi, etc... I had to look it up, I thought maybe he was from the Grand Rapids area, which is a cluster of fervent religiosity and republicanism. JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin Says:
“Why does the state of Michigan, a supposedly Democratic, blue collar state, send dumbasses like this to Congress?”

He represents the 11th district, which was or maybe still is an affluent district outside of Detroit. Livonia, Novi, etc…

I had to look it up, I thought maybe he was from the Grand Rapids area, which is a cluster of fervent religiosity and republicanism.

]]> By: jazz lover http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/comment-page-1/#comment-5429766 jazz lover Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:28:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/#comment-5429766 what a nauseating hypocrite. i don't know what's worse: his repulsive opposition or his caving in for the sake of retaining his seat. pathetic. what a nauseating hypocrite.
i don’t know what’s worse: his repulsive opposition or his caving in for the sake of retaining his seat.

pathetic.

]]> By: JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/comment-page-1/#comment-5429718 JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:43:50 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/#comment-5429718 As much as I would like to think these Republicans (and their cousing, the blue dogs) are going to start to "think freely", I somehow doubt it. As much as I would like to think these Republicans (and their cousing, the blue dogs) are going to start to “think freely”, I somehow doubt it.

]]> By: JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/comment-page-1/#comment-5429712 JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:38:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/#comment-5429712 Why does the state of Michigan, a supposedly Democratic, blue collar state, send dumbasses like this to Congress? Does he hate the gays? Is that all that matters to some people? I guess last year, voting against children's health care is demonic, and leads to homosexuality. This year, he's all for it. Guess he got scared of being unemployed. Most of his constituents are. Why does the state of Michigan, a supposedly Democratic, blue collar state, send dumbasses like this to Congress?

Does he hate the gays? Is that all that matters to some people?

I guess last year, voting against children’s health care is demonic, and leads to homosexuality. This year, he’s all for it. Guess he got scared of being unemployed. Most of his constituents are.

]]> By: curious http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/comment-page-1/#comment-5429688 curious Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:23:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/#comment-5429688 For the past eight years, the Republicans have defined what is a good American, who is weak on this or that, who is religious enough, and moral enough etc. The day we now allow them to start to define the soul we are in worse trouble then we have been. And we deserve anything that happens to us. They have never been right yet. If this man is using the passing of this as a litmus test for the soul, then he is without one. He could not find his soul with a map. For the past eight years, the Republicans have defined what is a good American, who is weak on this or that, who is religious enough, and moral enough etc.

The day we now allow them to start to define the soul we are in worse trouble then we have been. And we deserve anything that happens to us. They have never been right yet. If this man is using the passing of this as a litmus test for the soul, then he is without one.

He could not find his soul with a map.

]]> By: Bilbo Hussein Baggins http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/comment-page-1/#comment-5429644 Bilbo Hussein Baggins Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:11:50 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/#comment-5429644 <em>Bozo The Neoclown Says: Q:Why is it repukeliscums always cite lincoln as their party’s greatest accomplishment?</em> Also, the party of Lincoln was way more like the Democratic party today than the Republican party. Bozo The Neoclown Says:
Q:Why is it repukeliscums always cite lincoln as their party’s greatest accomplishment?

Also, the party of Lincoln was way more like the Democratic party today than the Republican party.

]]> By: nanlichi http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/comment-page-1/#comment-5429594 nanlichi Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:52:53 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/#comment-5429594 Let's not forget though that he voted the right way. I am going to save my shoe throwing for one of the Repugs that still voted against it. Let’s not forget though that he voted the right way. I am going to save my shoe throwing for one of the Repugs that still voted against it.

]]> By: Roket http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/comment-page-1/#comment-5429590 Roket Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:51:00 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/#comment-5429590 Shorter Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI): I am forced to listen to my constituents because I hit rock bottom and almost lost my re-election. This is a total drag and will take me a while to get used to. Shorter Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI):

I am forced to listen to my constituents because I hit rock bottom and almost lost my re-election. This is a total drag and will take me a while to get used to.

]]> By: Bozo The Neoclown http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/comment-page-1/#comment-5429568 Bozo The Neoclown Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:44:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/#comment-5429568 The truly remarkable thing about this story is the people of michigan are living in dust bowl conditions due to republican ideology yet they send this clown again to washington to represent them? The truly remarkable thing about this story is the people of michigan are living in dust bowl conditions due to republican ideology yet they send this clown again to washington to represent them?

]]> By: Bilbo Hussein Baggins http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/comment-page-1/#comment-5429564 Bilbo Hussein Baggins Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:39:53 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/#comment-5429564 <em>We are now free to start thinking again, acting again, and doing the right thing by what our constituents and our country need.”</em> Hey bub, you were free to start thinking a long time ago. I find it astonishing that this guy thinks you have to hit bottom before he can start doing the right thing for his country and his constituents. We are now free to start thinking again, acting again, and doing the right thing by what our constituents and our country need.”

Hey bub, you were free to start thinking a long time ago. I find it astonishing that this guy thinks you have to hit bottom before he can start doing the right thing for his country and his constituents.

]]> By: Buckie Boy http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/comment-page-1/#comment-5429562 Buckie Boy Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:38:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/#comment-5429562 I wouldn't pet my cat if it looked that this guy. I wouldn’t pet my cat if it looked that this guy.

]]> By: katy http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/comment-page-1/#comment-5429560 katy Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:38:26 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/#comment-5429560 “We’re rock bottom. We are now free to start thinking again, ..." good gawd... such a drama queen... . this airbus landing in the hudson is quite amazing... thank the gods and those pilots, that pilot... awesome... and positive. “We’re rock bottom. We are now free to start thinking again, …”

good gawd… such a drama queen…
.

this airbus landing in the hudson is quite amazing…
thank the gods and those pilots, that pilot…
awesome… and positive.

]]> By: sectionop92 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/comment-page-1/#comment-5429552 sectionop92 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:35:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/#comment-5429552 <em>celtic cynic Says:</em> <strong><em>“We are now free to start thinking again, acting again, and doing the right thing by what our constituents and our country need.”</em></strong> <em>Damn, what a concept!</em> Yeah, the Republicans thinking they were voted into office to vote for the presidents/parties agenda and then their own just doesn't carry the weight it used to on Sept. 12, 2001. celtic cynic Says:

“We are now free to start thinking again, acting again, and doing the right thing by what our constituents and our country need.”

Damn, what a concept!

Yeah, the Republicans thinking they were voted into office to vote for the presidents/parties agenda and then their own just doesn’t carry the weight it used to on Sept. 12, 2001.

]]> By: Wayne A. Schneider http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/comment-page-1/#comment-5429550 Wayne A. Schneider Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:34:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/#comment-5429550 I don't blame you, Zooey. If she actually spoke intelligently, it would be news. I don’t blame you, Zooey. If she actually spoke intelligently, it would be news.

]]> By: Bozo The Neoclown http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/comment-page-1/#comment-5429542 Bozo The Neoclown Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:33:01 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/#comment-5429542 so lemmie get this straight. on another thread, dummya is announcing his national celebration of life day. on this thread, repukeliscums are against healthcare for women and children. as scooby doo would say "hhuuunnnhhh"? so lemmie get this straight. on another thread, dummya is announcing his national celebration of life day. on this thread, repukeliscums are against healthcare for women and children.
as scooby doo would say “hhuuunnnhhh”?

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/comment-page-1/#comment-5429540 Zooey Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:32:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/mccotter-schip/#comment-5429540 No wonder I didn't see it. I avoid Perino threads. :-D No wonder I didn’t see it. I avoid Perino threads. :-D

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