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Not Wasting a Crisis

By Paul Chesser on 4.29.09 @ 10:09AM

State and federal officials intensified their response to the swine flu outbreak on Tuesday, with President Obama asking Congress for $1.5 billion in supplemental funding.

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ncatty| 4.29.09 @ 10:17AM

Only 1.5 billion?

Pete| 4.29.09 @ 10:19AM

Someone should keep track of the magnitude of this ask vs. the magnitude for less important things...like "volunteerism." Come to think of it, let some ACORNers go help with the outbreak and if they get infected, at least our taxes will go down.

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Not Wasting a Crisis | But As For Me links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…Not Wasting a Crisis From the NYTimes: State and federal officials intensified their response to the swine flu outbreak on Tuesday, with President Obama asking Congress for $1.5 billion in… → Read full article… Not Wasting a Crisis Tags: congress, Federal Officials, Flu, Flu Outbreak, Nytimes, obama, Swine Flu Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required)…

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A Magician and the Swine Flu | The Classic Liberal Blog links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…November 19, 1863. Oh sue-prise, sue-prise! The $3.4T budget with no GOP support just passed the House! Considering the reconciliation process, gyou can consider the budget a done deal. Plus, "not wanting to waste a crises" (emphasis added): State and federal officials intensified their response to the swine flu outbreak on Tuesday, with President Obama asking Congress for $1.5 billion in supplemental funding. At…