The government (EPA) less than two weeks after the attacks told these people that the air down there was safe to breath. They guaranteed the responders and the clean up crews that it was safe to work down there. They were wrong big time and have not been held accountable for this fatal mistake. More than 70,000 responders worked around the clock for more than ten months cleaning up the rubble from the World Trade Center. Now large numbers of these people are developing cancer and dying as a result of the bad information the government gave them.
The United States Congress has repeatedly failed to pass legislation to help these heroes and their families. A bill to finally help them made it to the floor of the House last month, but was voted down for political reasons. Democrats wanted it to just barely fail so they could scold Republicans on the campaign trail for not passing it. And Republicans wanted to amend the bill so that illegal immigrants (maybe even Muslim Americans) could not claim any of the benefits. Republicans also just do not give a shit about these people and think the money to pay for their medical bills is better spent as tax breaks for international corportations that avoid paying taxes. Republicans failed for seven years in a row under President Bush to pass any kind of legislation to help these people. Why Americans are so upset about and protesting an Islamic community center and not this legitimate outrage is a credit to the failure of corporate media.
Jon Stewart of the Daily Show actually looks like he has lost all hope because of this political insanity. I share his outrage and indignation.
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