Jersey's Top Lawman Denies 
Mary Landrieu is What's Wrong with America
Matt Rooney | November 22, 2009
Washington now controls significant portions of the larger U.S. economy and our individual paychecks, Save Jerseyans. That means legislators, bureaucrats and special interests have a ton of money with which to play. The ruling party then uses our tax dollars to buy the support of our fellow voters through the passage of social programs, grants, and other financial incentives. This institutionally corrupt culture perverts our system but ensures the reelection of shrewd incumbents.
Worse still, powerful interests can leverage their support within Congress's chambers to purchase the votes of other U.S. Senators....
Read about the NEW "Louisiana Purchase" in the Examiner:
"To help secure her vote, Reid included a provision in the bill sought by Landrieu to provide increased Medicaid funds for states recovering from major disasters such as 2005’s Hurricane Katrina that devastated New Orleans and parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. When the bill is closely examined, however, the provision provides immense financial support for only one state: Landrieu's Louisiana.
Landrieu defended the inclusion of the provision and said Republican critics who accuse her of selling her vote for $100 million are wrong and that she has the support of Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
Then, in a statement sure to be repeated by Republicans endlessly over the coming weeks of Senate health care debate, the senator flaunted the inclusion of the provision. “I will correct something. It’s not $100 million, it’s $300 million, and I’m proud of it and will keep fighting for it,” Landrieu told reporters after her floor speech. “But that is not why I started this health care debate; I started this health care debate for all the reasons I just mentioned in my statement” on the floor."
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