[nfb-talk] Fwd: {Single Payer} Disabled protesters dragged from McConnell's office! So where our blind organizations?

[Karen Rose]

I agree strongly! Not to mention that many of the opposing Republicans feel that this bill does not go far enough in killing poor and disabled people! There is no time to waste. Some of us will be dead before long if this passes. Karen

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> On Jun 25, 2017, at 3:05 PM, Jack Heim via nfb-talk <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Holy cow, Steve, there is a bill in the Senate right now, sponsored by the Republican majority leaderand put together by Republicans for Republicans that would strip a trillion dollars from Medicaid. The only thing standing between it and passin is a handful of Republican Senators, and to you there's nothing to worry about? The only thing that is going to keep that bill from passing is, in fact, action on the part of organizations like the NFB.
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> I don't know where you get your news from but everything I've seen says it's touch and go. There's no "watching health care legislation evolve", no "marathon". It's now or never.
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>> On 06/24/2017 09:17 PM, Steve Jacobson via nfb-talk wrote:
>> My understanding is that the incident did occur, and I don't think who reported it really is an issue in this case.
>> From my perspective, there are serious implications that need to be watched closely as we see health care legislation evolve.  As an organization, though, I would think it would make sense to get a better sense of where this is going before we pull out all stops as some have already done.  As it stands right now, there is a pretty good chance the current bill isn't going anywhere as it is written because of a number of Republicans who are not supporting it.  Having people willing to call attention to this issue is a good thing, but I also don't see a problem in an organization waiting to see if we're going to need further action later.  This is probably going to be a marathon and not a fifty yard dash.  Another aspect of all this is that it is easy to put all ones energy into a single issue and a single event without concerned about any other legislative activities that might be affected by one's action.  It is much more difficult to measure one's response to maximize one's general effectiveness and to make sure there is energy left when it is most needed.  I hope that our leadership would consider how are actions might affect the other issues that we're trying to address.  Finally, I don't see a problem with us conserving some of our energy to fight for things that nobody else is fighting for.  I think one can make a decision not to pull out all stops to deal with an issue knowing that there are others who wil