April 15, 2005
Shame on Jim Davis
The median income in Congressman Jim Davis' district is $33,559. That's not a lot of money, so what the fuck is he voting for the bankruptcy bill for? As many others have eloquently pointed out , this unnecessary bill will shaft hard working Americans while further enriching the credit card Shylocks and other predatory lenders.
I guess Jim is expecting a big pile of tainted cash from the banking industry for his run for governor – he got $67,000 from banking PACs in 2004. Funny thing – he also got a lot of cash from labor unions. He must figure that it's safe to vote for legislation that screws the working class, since he sometimes uses a little lubrication (though it's full of sand, and it's really quite irritating), while the GOP, in contrast, never lubes or washes or even asks before they forcibly violate every meager protection for the common good that has ever been envisioned by more enlightened people.
Thankfully, Davis and every other Florida Democrat voted against the permanent repeal of the estate tax, a tax that only affects a handful of the richest Americans and which, if not repealed, could have generated enough income in the coming decades to guarantee the solvency of Social Security for, uh, forever .
Posted by Norwood at April 15, 2005 04:10 PM | TrackBack