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Joe Biden Warns Again: Rape, Murder Will Rise Without Jobs Bill
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Oct 22, 2011 07:56pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Michael McAuliff |
| Media | Website - Huffington Post |
| News Date | Thursday, October 20, 2011 01:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "Vice President Joe Biden doubled down Wednesday on his charge that rape and murder will rise if Congress fails to pass the American Jobs Act.
Minutes after addressing a firefighters rally in a Senate office building to push for passage of (at least) a $35 billion provision that would pay for the hiring of hundreds of thousands of police officers, teachers and firefighters, Biden was challenged by a reporter over his crime claims.
Biden insisted, "Murder will continue to rise. Rape will continue to rise. All crime will continue to rise."
Conservatives have criticized Biden for linking crime rates to stimulus spending, saying the money was wasted on all sorts of things that had nothing to do with increasing safety.
But in this case, the vice president was making a much more direct link. Biden -- who in the 1990s was one of the original authors of the COPS legislation, which led to the hiring of some 100,000 police officers -- was arguing that cities and towns hammered by the economy would continue to cut police forces without the federal aid now sitting in the Senate. And fewer police officers would lead to more crime in these tough times.
After the Senate filibustered the American Jobs Act last week, the White House broke it into several pieces, starting with the $35 billion measure on municipal workers -- which includes $5 billion for some 18,000 police officers and firefighters." |
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