How a bill requiring Florida nursing homes to have backup AC died

[HAB911]

In the aftermath of 2005's destructive Hurricane Wilma, Florida lawmakers approved laws to protect motorists at risk of getting stranded on the interstate, and residents of new highrises who can't climb stairs.

Proposed at the same time: a bill that would have required some nursing homes to have generators to protect frail elders from the ravages of heat and dehydration.

That bill died.

Cause of death: industry opposition and government miserliness.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/how-a-bill-requiring-nursing-homes-to-have-back-up-ac-died/2337550

[dalton99a]

1. Gubmint regulations that kill jobs

[malaise]

2. Off to the greatest page for thee

They don't give a flying fugg about seniors

[NCjack]

9. Hopefully, enough of the seniors will vote their interests in the 2018 and 2020 elections. nt

[Afromania]

3. common sense should dictate redundancies in the HVAC systems for old folks homes down there

It doesn't surprise me at all that they killed a bill for it. Fucking republicans and their god damn deregulated free market will take care of it bullshit. This, THIS, is what happens when you have limited over sight. For every business that does it right. 9 more are cutting all kinds of corners. Eventually the 1 knuckles under because the other 9 can undercut the one. Then all you have is shit made out of shoddy used pinball machine parts and the injuries they are going to cause.

[lark]

4. Cause of death - Repugs choose to let elders die because they don't give a shit.

Keeping all the $$ for the owners of the businesses is the only thing they care about. If it requires any person, not even the state, but any company or rich person to spend one dime, well, too bad about the deaths because those aren't important to them. Fucking killers.

[spanone]

5. K&R...

[Mr. Ected]

6. Let them pay 1000 times that in wrongful death penalties times 8

Capitalism without a conscience cannot be tolerated.

[benld74]

7. Effin industry bottom line- affected the very bottom line- human lives

[gratuitous]

8. Suggestion for disposal of the bodies

Distribute them evenly on the front steps of the legislature and the governor's residence. Might as well let them enjoy their handiwork.

[Ilsa]

11. I tend to agree. They need to be sent pics of the dead,

the family members mourning, and maybe have their own AC knocked out for a week.

[aikoaiko]

10. Was there a vote?

It might be interesting to see if any of the guilty are still in office or otherwise prominent.

[LisaM]

12. Is it possible to track down the "no" votes?

It would be interesting to call any of the people who remain in the legislature who voted "no" and call their offices about it.

It would also probably be more productive to find the "yes" votes, and give those lawmakers some props.

[SunSeeker]

13. K & R for exposure.

[bronxiteforever]

14. Money talks-its pay to play politics in America. Old folks can't pay.

Regular citizens can't pay. No one cares unless you feed the meter.
Think you are free? Lmao.

K&R

[niyad]

15. can we charge all those who voted no with murder?

[oasis]

16. Those pesky regulations are such a headache.

[GeorgeGist]

17. Every cheapskate I've ever known ...

is a Republican.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

18. If only Marion Hammer was lobbying for the bill.

It would have been passed and signed in five minutes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Hammer

[HAB911]

19. oh god yes

they all quiver at her every glance