Is pandemic preparedness pork?
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The Almighty
Yes, it is most certainly PORK. To justify the PORK you have idiots in DC creating yet ANOTHER 'potential' pandemic. The way they are treating this is like it was a more robust form of ebola breaking out.
Like the Avian flu and SARS we are about to waste hundreds of millions on a hoax.
Yes, let's treat disaster preparedness as "pork." I'm sure that would work out well.
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The Almighty
I am all for being prepared for disasters.... but it would be rather idiotic to prepare for blizzards in the Congo or floods in the Sahara. 'preparing' for 'disasters' that have a very very very low probability of occuring is PORK. Plain and simple.
I would be interested if anyone had the data on who Gilead contributes to politically and whether or not those individuals led the charge once again in this 'preparation'.
Desh, You like conspiracy theories.. I know for certain we toy with bio warfare attaching them to flu strands. See the Spanish flu conspiracies. Whats more likely with these ones lately like bird flue swine flue... Testing of bi warfare or "natural evolution mutant changes.
evince
Truthmatters
How many of what you called "conspiracy" that I have brought to your atention have turned out to be true?
This is the new warfare as well as a natural threat. Others can do it too huh?
This is needed and when the cons scream about pork this is often the type of thing they end up cutting along with other science related items.
Stopp the lying about Pork and maybe we can save this country.
This is the new warfare as well as a natural threat. Others can do it too huh?
This is needed and when the cons scream about pork this is often the type of thing they end up cutting along with other science related items.
Stopp the lying about Pork and maybe we can save this country.
Yeah, and so would the rat cage in San Fransisco, but not enough to have a stimulating effect on the entire economy. Not even close. Let's keep the stimulus bill in stimulus and if this has merit argue it in the open, on bills that actually will be read and argued before there is a vote.
I disagree. Given the disastrous economic effects of a flu pandemic and the fragile state of the economy it made sense to include it in the stimulus bill but I see your point.
That's rubbish, if it made sense it could be included in the budget. It is not "stimulus" it doesn't create enough jobs to make it stimulating to the economy as a whole.
This isn't a stimulus measure and it doesn't belong in that bill.
Again, put it in a bill that people can hear the arguments on, not one that must be voted on NOW NOWNOWNOW, because the President wants to sign it four days later in Denver. Something like this shouldn't be stuffed under the radar in a bill meant to stimulate the economy.
It doesn't make sense to include that in stimulus because it would have disastrous effects if you got the Swine Flu...
Sammy Jankis
Was it me?
All this spending is just to keep the government workers and first tier vendor corporations loyal to the fascists until the new world order can be implemented. It's so simple.
It can also be viewed as the politicization of the entire economy.
It can also be viewed as the politicization of the entire economy.
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1) Whatever. As I said I see your point but simply saying that something is "rubbish" doesn't make it so. A flu pandemic during a recessionary period could cripple the country. Given that the purpose of the stimulus bill was to respond to the recessionary conditions and to prevent further deterioration of the economy there is a valid argument that flu pandemic preparedness ought to be included in the bill.
2) And enough with that dumbass NOW NOW NOW shit. The bill was debated for a month. And it wasn't stuffed under the radar. It was actually one of the items that the Republicans in the Senate stripped out and that Republican talking heads made fun of.
Sammy Jankis
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The only way to save our nation is to stop the insanity of globalization.
Pretending that a crisis that is not is stimulus because if that crisis did come it would be hurtful is retarded.
Stimulus is stimulus. Prevention and preparedness is not stimulus and should be included in the budget not emergency stimulus packages.
evince
Truthmatters
Stimulus is anything that we will long term benifit from that will create jobs.
http://www.pandemicflu.gov/
Our meds stockpile for such and incident is too small.
Some has to make and ship these meds.
Can you say new jobs?
http://www.pandemicflu.gov/
Our meds stockpile for such and incident is too small.
Some has to make and ship these meds.
Can you say new jobs?
Again, not long-term enough nor enough jobs to create stimulus. This doesn't belong in an emergency stimulus package. It belongs in the budget after the merits have been argued.