Patricia Schroeder: “I must say this is a very interesting week as we watch the 100 days come to a close. I am really astounded that there is…”

“I must say this is a very interesting week as we watch the 100 days come to a close. I am really astounded that there is going to be a circus coming to the Hill tomorrow. Think of the images you can have, bread and circuses, three-ring circuses. But as we laugh about that and as we wonder who in the world thought that was a good image, let me talk about what we did last week and what we now know and how upset many of us on this side of the aisle are. Last week, we passed a bill that finally, finally, gave working-class Americans the right to deduct their health care premiums. We absolutely should have, we should have done it long ago. And one of the reasons ordinary people often do not get their tax benefits as soon is they are not here with PAC money and they are not special interests, and so they usually have to go to the end of the line. So we were all celebrating. Finally, we are getting this up. Is that not wonderful? Working-class Americans are going to finally be able to get some kind of deduction for their health care insurance. Hooray. But now we have learned what was tucked in that little bill. And tucked in that little bill was a $63 million tax rebate jewel for none other than Rupert Murdoch.”