So the Journal‘s doing a sit-down interview with Rep. Mike Thompson Thursday — the day after his big health care town holler — and we’d like to open-source the thing.
What do you want to ask Mike Thompson? The more incisive the better, and I promise to push the question until he answers or bleeds.
This article appears in Elrod’s Rule.
Why discussing the NCRA is off limits.
I would like to know if he is going to focus on helping this town / area get redundant fiber, if its even on his radar for ‘economic development’.
Yeah, uhh, could you ask him how much we’re going to be paid if we serve on a death panel? And if we do our civic duty by killing Grandma, are there any side benefits, such as affordable health care free from the greedy fingers of Wellpoint?
Also, can you ask him if there will any compensation for turning in our loony neighbor who then gets sentenced to 20 years in an Obama Camp. Thanks in advance, with these tough economic times every dollar helps, even if it means sending grandma to the great knitting circle in the sky a few years early.
Oh, and tea bagging, can we get that legalized? I mean, wouldn’t it be fun to see our local elected leaders get tea bagged on a regular basis?
I would ask him if he thinks that there is a way to show the other blue dog democrats that a single payer health care system would save money and be a boon to medium and small business all over the country?
Workers Comp insurance could be reserved for very dangerous occupations.
Companies wouldn’t have to be in two businesses, providing health care to their workers being the second.
How do you convince people that we want to help them and not kill their grandma? (reference to flip switcher, the lunatic that posted just before me)
I meant boom not boon.
Does he still consider himself a “Blue Dog”? If yes, why? Also, does he think that a “Blue Dog” accurately represents the people of the first congressional district?
Oh, and if you have time, ask him how much money he has received from the health insurance industry?
Ask Mike if he can be helpful to appropriate funds for a bicycles as transportation. The Library Bikes example can be one of these example programs. The funds have been approved in the 2005 energy bill signed by Bush, but have not been appropriated. Here is the reminder description:
(2005 Energy Bill)
Bicycle Program
Section 755 establishes the “Conserve by Bicycling Program” in DOT. The program creates up to ten pilot programs designed to encourage bicycle use in place of motor vehicles. At least 20 percent of the cost of each project must be provided by non-Federal sources. Furthermore the National Academy of Sciences must submit to Congress a report on the feasibility of converting motor vehicle trips to bicycle trips and on the pilot programs. $6.2 million is authorized to these programs, of which $5.15 million is for pilot projects, $300,000 is for program costs, and $750,000 is for the study.|