Re: I Approve of Most of H.R. 669
IMO this bill and most others will never pass. Especially in todays economy. There are people in the US who make millions and millions in this trade. It simply will not pass. Almost all these bills that go thru are time stuffers... and do nothing more then give the congress something to drink their coffee over.
call me a fool... but I see nothing to worry about,.
Re: I Approve of Most of H.R. 669
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Tyler_Royality
IMO this bill and most others will never pass. Especially in todays economy. There are people in the US who make millions and millions in this trade. It simply will not pass. Almost all these bills that go thru are time stuffers... and do nothing more then give the congress something to drink their coffee over.
call me a fool... but I see nothing to worry about,.
And I think you are really under estimating the people pushing that bill!
Re: I Approve of Most of H.R. 669
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Deborah
And I think you are really under estimating the people pushing that bill!
Do we have a # of persons who are for this bill to pass? Fortunately less then 1% of the USA would be that number.
Re: I Approve of Most of H.R. 669
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Tyler_Royality
Do we have a # of persons who are for this bill to pass? Fortunately less then 1% of the USA would be that number.
Please share where you are getting your statistics? I would like links.
Mike
Re: I Approve of Most of H.R. 669
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Tyler_Royality
Do we have a # of persons who are for this bill to pass? Fortunately less then 1% of the USA would be that number.
btw...its the lobbyist pushing the bill, not a group consisting of "less then 1% of the USA."
Re: I Approve of Most of H.R. 669
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Tyler_Royality
Do we have a # of persons who are for this bill to pass? Fortunately less then 1% of the USA would be that number.
The problem with this thinking is that it's not something that the 99% of us get to decide on.
It's a handful of very powerful lobbyist and their congressional cohorts. They convince some congressmen that it's a fine idea. Those congressmen make deals with other congressman...."You support me on this, and I'll support you on that"....and then there's the congressmen who just don't bother to think things through at all and vote whatever seems easiest or in their best interest at that moment in time.
We can't reach the hard-core close-minded people intent on controlling every minute detail of our lives. But we CAN reach those who might be tempted to make a deal over what seems like a "minor" issue in their eyes and those who might not think it through without a little help. As well as the multitude that probably really do care about us little ol' constituants, but wouldn't know how this bill would affect us until we make our voices heard.
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Tyler_Royality
Do we have a # of persons who are for this bill to pass? Fortunately less then 1% of the USA would be that number.
That's exactly the attitude that the anti-pet activists are counting on ... they whisper in your representatives ears at high dollar lunches that 99% of the country doesn't even care how they vote ... the 1% (if you're willing to believe it is actually that low) in favor of HR669 are more vocal, more active, more organized, and better funded than all the people that would be opposed to the bill if they even knew it existed combined.
No one is going to stand up and fight for the rights of the silent.
-adam
Re: I Approve of Most of H.R. 669
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Tyler_Royality
IMO this bill and most others will never pass. Especially in todays economy. There are people in the US who make millions and millions in this trade. It simply will not pass. Almost all these bills that go thru are time stuffers... and do nothing more then give the congress something to drink their coffee over.
call me a fool... but I see nothing to worry about,.
Okay then. Fool.
Re: I Approve of Most of H.R. 669
sorry guys.. but even Congressmen who don't live normal everyday working lives like most of us know that there are thousands of pet stores in this country. Most of them are not stupid enough to make hundreds of thousands MORE people unemployed. This bill passes. all pet stores are gone. I understand the seriousness of this bill.. I just know that it wont pass, so I'm not losing sleep over it.
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Tyler_Royality
I just know that it wont pass, so I'm not losing sleep over it.
That's fine. I'm not losing much sleep over it either and am fairly confident that it won't pass either. HOWever...my confidence comes from the fact that people like us are working hard to get the word out and make our voices heard. I don't have such faith in our government to think that rational thought would prevail when the public stays silent.
