gr8fuldaniel: Think Progress � Brown stands by supporting a tax-subsidized golf course over 9/11 rescue workers.

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Monday, January 18, 2010

Think Progress � Brown stands by supporting a tax-subsidized golf course over 9/11 rescue workers.

Think Progress � Brown stands by supporting a tax-subsidized golf course over 9/11 rescue workers.

TP: Mr. Brown, in 2001 when you voted against financial aid for 9/11 rescue workers, you were pushing a bill for a tax subsidized golf course in your district. Can you explain that?

BROWN: I’m not sure what you’re referring to. [...]

TP: Are you going to explain that vote?

BROWN: Number two, we were in a financial difficulty and we couldn’t afford it unfortunately.

TP: But you could afford a tax-subsidized bond for a golf course?

BROWN: We had to obviously take care of the people of Massachusetts who needed to stay employed.

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Brown’s golf course bill passed on November 30, 2001, a few weeks after he voted to kill the 9/11 rescue worker financial aid. While the golf course construction certainly kept people employed, Brown’s self-professed interest in protecting the American homeland doesn’t extend to the rescue workers who rushed to the site of the twin towers after the attacks of 9/11.

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