Mesothelioma.com web site comes out swinging against proposed asbestos bill.
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Mesothelioma.com today announced its opposition to the asbestos bill soon to come before the House and Senate. Mesothelioma.com believes the bill is severely flawed and hurts the victims, while bailing out the very Corporations who have been lobbying for this bill for years.
(I-Newswire) - Mesothelioma.com today announced its dissenting opinion on the recent asbestos bill soon to come before congress. Mesothelioma.com has reviewed the recent asbestos bill proposed by Sen. Arlen Spector and Sen. Patrick Leahy and has come out strongly against the proposed bill. We believe the bill is unworkable, under-funded, and unconstitutional. While legislation proposed in Washington, D.C., by Pennsylvania Senator, Arlen Specter, on its face seems to allay many issues regarding litigation over asbestos-related disease, the Asbestos Bill actually raises impossible hurdles for victims and bails out politically well-connected corporations.Senator Specter acknowledges that he can’t pass a ‘perfect’ bill, but offers little solace to the mesothelioma victims who’ll die before they see any help from the fundamentally flawed asbestos bailout bill approved by the Judiciary Committee.Every major asbestos victims’ organization opposes this bill, while being supported by the corporate defendants who knowingly poisoned their workers and the public with asbestos and would receive billions of dollars in liability relief.A few of the fundamental problems with the fund include:• The fund is under-funded by at least $16 billion ( according to the CBO ) and possibly as much as $49 billion ( analysis by asbestos claims expert Mark Peterson ) or even $100 billion ( Environmental Working Group ). Bankruptcy of the fund and taxpayer bailout is likely.• Every single similar government trust fund has failed.• In its current form the fund will immediately be mired in litigation from existing asbestos trusts, insurance companies, small businesses, and the thousands of http://www.mesothelioma.com">Mesothelioma victims unfairly excluded from the fund.• By moving all pending claims into the fund, the fund is guaranteed to have a huge backlog at startup.• Victims with community exposure and 9/11 victims – even firefighters, police, and emergency workers – are barred from receiving any compensation. The disparity between their treatment and the treatment of similar victims in Libby, Montana is likely unconstitutional.• There is no real sunset process for victims to return to the courts when the fund becomes bankrupt.• While treating unfairly or shutting out those poisoned by asbestos, the companies that poisoned them are rewarded with a multi-billion dollar bailout.Mesothelioma.com plans to inform its readers on the progress of the bill in the senate and the house, throughout the month of January. More information about the bill can be found at http://www.mesothelioma.com . Call your local Senator or Congressman and let them know you oppose bill S.852.Http://www.mesothelioma.comEthan EarlyIf you have questions regarding information in this press release contact the company listed below. I-Newswire.com is a press release service and not the author of this press release. The information that is on or available through this site is for informational purposes only and speaks only as of the particular date or dates of that information. As some companies / PR Agencies submit their press releases once per week/month or quarter, make sure check the official company website for accurate release dates as our site displays the I-Newswire.com distribution date only. We do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of information on or available through this site, and we are not responsible for inaccuracies or omissions in that information or for actions taken in reliance on that information.
Mesothelioma.com today announced its opposition to the asbestos bill soon to come before the House and Senate. Mesothelioma.com believes the bill is severely flawed and hurts the victims, while bailing out the very Corporations who have been lobbying for this bill for years.
(I-Newswire) - Mesothelioma.com today announced its dissenting opinion on the recent asbestos bill soon to come before congress. Mesothelioma.com has reviewed the recent asbestos bill proposed by Sen. Arlen Spector and Sen. Patrick Leahy and has come out strongly against the proposed bill. We believe the bill is unworkable, under-funded, and unconstitutional. While legislation proposed in Washington, D.C., by Pennsylvania Senator, Arlen Specter, on its face seems to allay many issues regarding litigation over asbestos-related disease, the Asbestos Bill actually raises impossible hurdles for victims and bails out politically well-connected corporations.Senator Specter acknowledges that he can’t pass a ‘perfect’ bill, but offers little solace to the mesothelioma victims who’ll die before they see any help from the fundamentally flawed asbestos bailout bill approved by the Judiciary Committee.Every major asbestos victims’ organization opposes this bill, while being supported by the corporate defendants who knowingly poisoned their workers and the public with asbestos and would receive billions of dollars in liability relief.A few of the fundamental problems with the fund include:• The fund is under-funded by at least $16 billion ( according to the CBO ) and possibly as much as $49 billion ( analysis by asbestos claims expert Mark Peterson ) or even $100 billion ( Environmental Working Group ). Bankruptcy of the fund and taxpayer bailout is likely.• Every single similar government trust fund has failed.• In its current form the fund will immediately be mired in litigation from existing asbestos trusts, insurance companies, small businesses, and the thousands of http://www.mesothelioma.com">Mesothelioma victims unfairly excluded from the fund.• By moving all pending claims into the fund, the fund is guaranteed to have a huge backlog at startup.• Victims with community exposure and 9/11 victims – even firefighters, police, and emergency workers – are barred from receiving any compensation. The disparity between their treatment and the treatment of similar victims in Libby, Montana is likely unconstitutional.• There is no real sunset process for victims to return to the courts when the fund becomes bankrupt.• While treating unfairly or shutting out those poisoned by asbestos, the companies that poisoned them are rewarded with a multi-billion dollar bailout.Mesothelioma.com plans to inform its readers on the progress of the bill in the senate and the house, throughout the month of January. More information about the bill can be found at http://www.mesothelioma.com . Call your local Senator or Congressman and let them know you oppose bill S.852.Http://www.mesothelioma.comEthan EarlyIf you have questions regarding information in this press release contact the company listed below. I-Newswire.com is a press release service and not the author of this press release. The information that is on or available through this site is for informational purposes only and speaks only as of the particular date or dates of that information. As some companies / PR Agencies submit their press releases once per week/month or quarter, make sure check the official company website for accurate release dates as our site displays the I-Newswire.com distribution date only. We do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of information on or available through this site, and we are not responsible for inaccuracies or omissions in that information or for actions taken in reliance on that information.
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