{"id":871,"date":"2005-09-28T04:48:30","date_gmt":"2005-09-28T04:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"0"},"modified":"2006-09-28T12:09:23","modified_gmt":"2006-09-28T12:09:23","slug":"chickens_roost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/marcdanziger.com\/?p=871","title":{"rendered":"Chickens, Roost"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in March, I wrote to the Democratic Party<\/a>:<\/p>\n

And how the hell could you have laid down and rolled over for the bankruptcy bill? If there was ever a bully pulpit to stand behind and use to point out the corporatist flaws of the GOP, this was it.<\/p>\n

\nNote that I’m not opposed to government actions that help corporations; sometimes what’s good for G.M. is actually good for America.<\/p>\n

\nBut this was such a clear-cut case of taking from the weak and giving to the rich with no public purpose except giving more to those that have that my head is swimming.<\/p>\n

\nAnd the missed opportunity for the Democrats to define themselves – by challenging irresponsible and rapacious lending as much as they are challenging irresponsible borrowing – boggles my mind.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And today, reader Robert Martin emailed me this story<\/a> from the New York Times:<\/p>\n

…four weeks after New Orleans flooded and tens of thousands of other residents of the Gulf Coast also lost their homes and livelihoods, a stricter new personal bankruptcy law scheduled to take effect on Oct. 17 is likely to deliver another blow to those dislocated by the storm.<\/p>\n

\nThe law was intended to keep individuals from taking on debts they had no intention of paying off. But many once-solvent Katrina victims are likely to be caught up in the net intended to catch deadbeats.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So thanks, Congressman Moran (D-MBNA), (along with Senator Mary K Landrieu (D – LA) – hat tip to commenter PD Shaw<\/a>)<\/b> – and the 72 others who voted for this bill:Andrews
\nBaca
\nBaird
\nBean*
\nBerry*
\nBishop (GA)*
\nBoren*
\nBoswell*
\nBoucher*
\nBoyd
\nCardoza*
\nCase
\nChandler*
\nCleaver
\nCooper
\nCosta*
\nCramer*
\nCrowley
\nCuellar*
\nDavis (AL)
\nDavis (FL)
\nDavis (TN)*
\nEdwards*
\nEtheridge
\nFord
\nGonzalez
\nGordon*
\nGreen, Al
\nHarman
\nHerseth
\nHiggins
\nHinojosa*
\nHolden
\nHooley*
\nHoyer
\nIsrael*
\nJefferson*
\nKind
\nLarsen (WA)*
\nMatheson*
\nMcCarthy*
\nMcIntyre*
\nMeek (FL)
\nMeeks (NY)
\nMelancon*
\nMenendez
\nMichaud
\nMollohan
\nMoore (KS)
\nMoran (VA)
\nMurtha
\nOrtiz
\nPastor
\nPeterson (MN)*
\nPomeroy
\nPrice (NC)
\nRahall*
\nReyes
\nRoss*
\nRothman
\nRuppersberger*
\nSalazar*
\nSchwartz (PA)
\nScott (GA)*
\nSkelton*
\nSpratt
\nStrickland
\nTanner
\nTauscher
\nTaylor (MS)
\nThompson (CA)
\nWu
\nWynn*<\/p>\n

(the names with a * also voted to repeal the estate tax – hat tip to The Left Coaster<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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