People like to give President Reagan a hard time because everything he touched did not turn to conservative gold. Considering the Congress he had to deal with he did amazing work. Remember Tip O' Neil? That drunken Communist was about as evil as they come. He was only surpassed by Daniel Moynihan. The Dear Comandante letters were treasonous. This is NOT hyperbole. Senator Moynihan actually promised to aid in defeating US forces in the field. I paid special attention to this because I WAS a member of the forces that the distinguished Senator from New York promised to defeat on the battlefield. Daniel Moynihan should have swung from a rope. These guys were in charge of the Congress. It is a testament to Reagan's political acumen that he achieved the things he did. Oh yeah, Democrats, we won the Cold War in spite of your dogged interference. I will stop ranting now. At least on this topic. Today...
What is ironic is I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard “Reagan closed all the mental institutions and caused all the homelessness” when in fact he actually funded the states to handle that per this article. The left literally inverts and lies about everything. But both sides get together and do despicable things like this way too often since they have the same donors. Where did that mental health money go?! We’ve been fleeced for a long time. Also this article didn’t seem to mention the regular reporting required. Aaron Siri did a FOIA request for all the reporting they were supposed to be doing and he got back nothing. And of course no one is held accountable for not following the law they created. Sadly Reagan went against his instincts and was pushed into signing this horrific law.
This is what always happens to any benefits to the public who are injured by government approved health programs: "The compensation program would be financed by a new excise tax imposed on each dose of the vaccines for poliomyelitis, diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, measles, mumps and rubella. But Congress adjourned this year before it could actually establish the tax, and the compensation program will not take effect until it does so."
Strangely it was never funded. As for making money on drug exports of drugs not yet FDA approved for US use, that's a moot point.
'to lessen the number of lawsuits against manufacturers''
Yes our government should look for ways to lesson the number of big pharma’s lawsuits instead of making it make vaccines safer. When someone asked them why they just didn’t do that they said it was impossible to do.
I need to find where that statement came from.
So after 50 years of this being in affect and the government has paid out litter money I say that congress should rescind the bill. I’m not going to hold my breath.
People like to give President Reagan a hard time because everything he touched did not turn to conservative gold. Considering the Congress he had to deal with he did amazing work. Remember Tip O' Neil? That drunken Communist was about as evil as they come. He was only surpassed by Daniel Moynihan. The Dear Comandante letters were treasonous. This is NOT hyperbole. Senator Moynihan actually promised to aid in defeating US forces in the field. I paid special attention to this because I WAS a member of the forces that the distinguished Senator from New York promised to defeat on the battlefield. Daniel Moynihan should have swung from a rope. These guys were in charge of the Congress. It is a testament to Reagan's political acumen that he achieved the things he did. Oh yeah, Democrats, we won the Cold War in spite of your dogged interference. I will stop ranting now. At least on this topic. Today...
What is ironic is I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard “Reagan closed all the mental institutions and caused all the homelessness” when in fact he actually funded the states to handle that per this article. The left literally inverts and lies about everything. But both sides get together and do despicable things like this way too often since they have the same donors. Where did that mental health money go?! We’ve been fleeced for a long time. Also this article didn’t seem to mention the regular reporting required. Aaron Siri did a FOIA request for all the reporting they were supposed to be doing and he got back nothing. And of course no one is held accountable for not following the law they created. Sadly Reagan went against his instincts and was pushed into signing this horrific law.
That bill was so typical of the time.
Democrats putting more power to the administrative state and promising to give the public theirs later, which never came.
This is what always happens to any benefits to the public who are injured by government approved health programs: "The compensation program would be financed by a new excise tax imposed on each dose of the vaccines for poliomyelitis, diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, measles, mumps and rubella. But Congress adjourned this year before it could actually establish the tax, and the compensation program will not take effect until it does so."
Strangely it was never funded. As for making money on drug exports of drugs not yet FDA approved for US use, that's a moot point.
...and the public always ends up in the dark.
Remember the episode of "Green Acres" where Oliver goes to the Congressman to get the road built?
Turns out the money had been allocated years ago, but no one actually wanted it to be built.
That show epitomized government as the swamp it really was and played it all for laughs.
'to lessen the number of lawsuits against manufacturers''
Yes our government should look for ways to lesson the number of big pharma’s lawsuits instead of making it make vaccines safer. When someone asked them why they just didn’t do that they said it was impossible to do.
I need to find where that statement came from.
So after 50 years of this being in affect and the government has paid out litter money I say that congress should rescind the bill. I’m not going to hold my breath.