REPUBLICAN PRIORITIES: TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH, END OF INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MAMMOGRAMS AND DIABETES SCREENING. DID YOU VOTE REPUBLICAN?

Yesterday I tried to draw attention to the connection between Republican tax deductions for Big Business and the wealthiest 3% of our people, their inability to reform government ethics laws, and the tens of millions of dollars in bribes Big Business pays legislators-- one of the things they call it is lobbying. If that didn't get a rise out of you, maybe considering that resources are limited and that Bush's rubber-stamp Republican Congress is busy figuring ways how exactly to pay for all the good fortune they have been raining onto the heads of the least needy. Christy over at FireDogLake is sounding the alarm-- it won't come from the mass media, believe me (see why the #1 most trusted media source in America is trusted by only 11% of Americans)-- about how the Senate is considering cutting a break to their big dollar bribers contributors in the Insurance Industry by removing the requirement that they pay for cancer screenings such as mammograms, colonoscopies, diabetic screening, and other essential diagnostic tools. S.1955 is potentially catastrophic for people from working families whose lives are regularly saved by these procedures. But these people don't bribe donate money to people like Bill Frist (R-TN), Rick Santorum (R-Opus Dei), Jim Talent (R-MO) and, of course, Bill Enzi (R-WY), the way the insurance companies and "health" corporations do.


The American Cancer Society is begging us to help them stop this outrageous abuse of power and dereliction of duty by our elected scumbags. They have 3 easy steps we can all do to keep S.1955 from passing and ending insurance coverage for mammograms.

The AFL-CIO is also warning about this horrible bill, authored by the corrupt and reactionary sack of turds from Wyoming named Mike Enzi. Enzi has hooked up with his campaign contributors from "anti-worker groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Federation of Independent Business, the Associated Builders and Contractors... to push a bill through the U.S. Senate that could gut your health care coverage."


And even if you live in an enlightened state-- like California, New York, Massachusetts, Michigan, Washington, Illinois and other places where people never bought into Bush's across the board deceptions-- Enzi's bill will over-ride state and local legilsation protecting health benefits so everyone is brought down to the level of victims of reactionary politicians from Texas, Mississippi, South Carolina and... Wyoming. Look for ket benefits like cancer screenings, contraception, emergency services, mental health care and diabetic supplies to go bye-bye if the Republicans get this passed.


EVENING UPDATE: THE CO-SPONSORS

My friend Justin reminded me that something like this doesn't happen just because one rotten senator like Enzi is suckin' hard at the corporate tit. He pointed out that in this case 7 of the most corporate-oriented buckets of slime in the entire U.S. Senate conspired with Enzi to foist this travesty on the American people. If you care about anyone who has or might get cancer or diabetes you might make a note of the names of these 7 crooks (+ Enzi, of course):

Wayne Allard (R-CO)
Conrad Burns (R -MT)
Richard Burr (R-NC)
John Cornyn (R-TX)
Larry Craig (R-ID)
Ben Nelson (D-NE)
Pat Roberts (R-KS)