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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:09 AM Original message |
Homeless stand in for lobbyist on capital hill. Line holders paid $11 to $35 per hour |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
1. I feel for the homeless/jobless doing it, but that practice needs to be banned. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It's been around for a long, long time - |
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progdonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. yeah, with all the money the lobbyists have... |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Along with the lobbyists bastards who hired them. |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. that and private health insurance companies. Of course the line standers actually |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 01:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. If I really needed the money I would do it. nt |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 01:55 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. for $35 an hour ill do it on my days off if they asked me |
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thistooshalllpass (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #18 |
34. Yeah, I don't see a problem with it at all, as long as they are not uncomfortable. n/t |
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givemebackmycountry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
4. This is just atrocious... |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. There is poetry in your post |
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givemebackmycountry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Really bad poetry, but poetry indeed! |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
5. Solution: Adopt "Best Buy Rules" |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
37. Exactly - force the lobbyists to do the scut work for the privilege of buying votes from lawmakers |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
6. They do this at the passport office in Canada too |
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rwheeler31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
8. This is just wrong, They used to buy army men. |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
12. a job is a job. eh? |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
13. Why do you think capitalism wants homeless and hungry people. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
36. You've hit it right on target! There is method in the poverty madness! |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
14. seriouisly. y'all would deny a homeless person some money so they could buy some food? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 01:14 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I trust that was said in jest. |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 01:18 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. and i trust you have never been hungry in your life... |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 01:28 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I'm not faulting the homeless, I'm faulting the process. |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 01:48 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. may they never eat. is that your stand? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 02:01 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. That's bullshit and you know it. |
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zonkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #16 |
30. I don't have a probelm with it. Happens at concerts, etc. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 07:02 AM Response to Reply #14 |
26. I would deny the people that *keep* them homeless... |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
22. But they don't get benefits, do they? |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 02:10 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. great second job though, $35 an hour just to stand in line |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:53 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. 2nd? half the US population makes under $15/hr. |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:33 AM Response to Original message |
25. Good for the homeless people |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
27. I'm happy for the homeless, but it's unfair if it keeps other people |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 08:25 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. If the people who are 'shut out' because they are far back in line |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. So the average citizen will be unable to attend a hearing. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Have you missed any of the meetings due to lines, place holders, |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. If I lived in the DC area, apparently I would have since I can't afford |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. My point is you have not been directly affected by any of this. Some |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. That's one solution. |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
29. I don't see much differerence between |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
31. Oh, for the good old days, when one could buy 100 votes in the bar. |
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