Tea Party Darling REALLY cares about his fellow human beings...

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...at least those human beings rich enough to donate to Paul's campaign.

The workers actually working IN the mines?

Not so much...

WASHINGTON -- With American miners still succumbing to black lung disease, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has proposed a plan to reduce the number of such deaths through the stricter regulation of mining sites. But at a congressional committee meeting last week, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) voiced concern that the new regulations may not be worth the cost to coal companies -- even though pockets of his state have been designated black lung “hot spots” by the federal government.

In a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee, Paul also asserted that the number of black lung cases has been on the decline. But according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), in recent years such incidences have in fact been on the rise in certain areas of coal country.

"Every regulation doesn't save lives," Paul said in the hearing, later adding that the regulations so far have done a “pretty good job” of reducing black lung. "There is a point or a balancing act between when a regulation becomes burdensome enough that our energy production is stifled. We have to assess the costs of regulation and whether they save lives."

Paul’s comments didn’t escape the notice of mining safety advocates.

“I thought it was outrageous,” said Stephen Sanders, director of the Appalachian Citizens' Law Center, a Kentucky-based non-profit that supports black lung prevention regulations and other mine safety causes. “What he’s suggesting is to keep the cost of coal down we would jeopardize the health of coal miners.”

“He has no knowledge of coal mining, no knowledge of mine safety or health issues,” Tony Oppegard, a Kentucky attorney who’s represented miners, said of Paul.

Miners develop black lung disease, or coal worker’s pneumoconiosis, by breathing in tiny coal dust particles over the course of years, and often decades, of mining. MSHA’s proposals would cut in half a worker’s allowable exposure to these particles, from two milligrams per cubic meter of air to one –- a stipulation that could change the way some operators ventilate mineshafts and treat the air miners breath.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_845840.html

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According to a new CNN Opinion poll, more Americans have unfavorable views of the Tea Party. The poll reports that 47 percent of Americans now have an unfavorable view of the Tea Party compared to 32 percent with a favorable one.

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48% Say Their Views Closer to Tea Party Than Congress

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"in certain areas"....

nice huffpo bullshitto

unless its proven the new regs will in fact save lives, you're just playing politics with people's lives....why don't you be honest and admit not every regulation is a good regulation...wait, who am i kidding, there isn't a regulation that zappygetard doesn't love because he wants government to control every aspect of his life

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According to a new CNN Opinion poll, more Americans have unfavorable views of Tea Party. The poll reports that 47 percent of Americans now have an unfavorable view of the Tea Party compared to 32 percent with a favorable one.

In other words, fewer Americans disapprove of the Tea Party than Barack Obama.

Furthermore, the Tea Party has a higher approval rating than Democrats in Congress.

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In other words, fewer Americans disapprove of the Tea Party than Barack Obama.

Furthermore, the Tea Party has a higher approval rating than Democrats in Congress.

What a notable achievement.

Don't used car salesmen have higher approval ratings than Obama and Congress?

Tea Party approval is headed south, according to the poll.

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"in certain areas"....

nice huffpo bullshitto

unless its proven the new regs will in fact save lives, you're just playing politics with people's lives....why don't you be honest and admit not every regulation is a good regulation...wait, who am i kidding, there isn't a regulation that zappygetard doesn't love because he wants government to control every aspect of his life

Just the response I'd expect from one who places the worth of the almighty dollar above that of a human life.

That Paul feels a company's bottom line is more important than a human life is disgraceful.

As Libertarians lack of compassion for their fellow Americans becomes more apparent, they will continue to dwindle into irrelevancy.

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Just the response I'd expect from one who places the worth of the almighty dollar above that of a human life.

That Paul feels a company's bottom line is more important than a human life is disgraceful.

As Libertarians lack of compassion for their fellow Americans becomes more apparent, they will continue to dwindle into irrelevancy.

It has been stated that the right side of the fence only cares about the human when it is in the womb, it seems to becoming more apparent all the time!

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It has been stated that the right side of the fence only cares about the human when it is in the womb, it seems to becoming more apparent all the time!

A there ya are....another lesson from a graduate of Huffington School for Pinheads.....

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A there ya are....another lesson from a graduate of Huffington School for Pinheads.....

Thanks, coming from you, it is a badge I wear with pride!

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Just the response I'd expect from one who places the worth of the almighty dollar above that of a human life.

That Paul feels a company's bottom line is more important than a human life is disgraceful.

As Libertarians lack of compassion for their fellow Americans becomes more apparent, they will continue to dwindle into irrelevancy.

i don't put the dollar above human value at all. never have, never will. why do you insist smearing those you don't agree with? is it because you're too chickenshit to debate facts?

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As Libertarians lack of compassion for their fellow Americans becomes more apparent, they will continue to dwindle into irrelevancy.

keep stroking that broad brush of extremism and fascism in the name of libertarianism. LOL