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I'm a state & local tax lawyer in Atlanta. Comments and reposts aren't endorsements and do not necessarily represent the views of my employer. Emory 91, UGA Law 95, UF LLM 03.
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When I was in law school, one professor used to say something like "if you can't discriminate against minorities, who can you discriminate against?"
I'm not sure everyone picked up on his true social commentary.
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Thank you for reposting that. The Give Kids a Chance Act is a great bill/resolution with virtually no cost associated with it. The Kids v Cancer website has a lot of history and information on the Act.
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Would you be willing to repost this: kidsvcancer.org#/14/
It goes to a form people can use to contact their senators and representatives and express support for the Give Kids a Chance Act. This Act includes childhood cancer measures that republicans stripped out of the spending bill in Dec 2024.
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Is this also how the gop justifies removing childhood cancer measures from the spending bill in December 2024? Is this how they justify cutting NIH funding? As long as the richest people get tax breaks, it's okay to let children and poor people die.
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Would you be willing to repost the link below? In 12/24, the gop stripped childhood cancer measures out of the spending bill. Supporting children with cancer should be bipartisan.
We can support children with cancer by taking 2 minutes to contact our Congressmen.
www.congressweb.com/kvc/20/?fbcl...
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Can you do anything about HR1262? It's been in committee for over 3 months and includes childhood cancer measures that Musk and republicans stripped out of the spending bill last year.
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Please show your support for children with cancer by sending a letter to your senators and representatives supporting the Give Kids a Chance Act. www.congressweb.com/kvc/20/?
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A group of 300+ went to DC in February to advocate for childhood cancer bills. Rep. Barry Loudermilk's office canceled the meeting with us. It looks like he may have met with one of his largest donors instead.
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This topic is personal to me, Republicans chose to disregard children with cancer when they kowtowed to Musk and removed several childhood cancer measures from the spending bill in December 2024.
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I've been posting this a lot lately, but republicans don't care if children die. They stripped childhood cancer measures out of the spending bill in December. One measure passed once Rand Paul finally lifted his objection. Others are still in limbo. Please send a message.
www.congressweb.com/kvc/16/
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I believe her district is next to Rep Loudermilk's district. Loudermilk's staff canceled a meeting with a group of us advocating for childhood cancer bills, and it looks like that was done so they could meet instead with one of their biggest contributors.
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I don't know what else to conclude at this point. On Facebook, I explained how Musk and republicans took away funding for childhood cancer measures and removed other measures that don't even require funding. People tried to imply it wasn't Musk's fault, and/or it was Biden's fault.
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... a meeting with people advocating for childhood cancer measures apparently because a significant donor was meeting with Loudermilk at that time.
How do you make people care about children with cancer or measles? How do you make people care about children in general or about people in general?
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Unfortunately, too many republicans don't care about dying children. Elon Musk had a few childhood cancer measures removed from the spending bill in December. One childhood cancer bill only passed because Rand Paul finally lifted his objection.
Representative Barry Loudermilk's staff canceled...
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We were supposed to meet with someone from Representative Loudermilk's office, but they did not have time for us, so we don't know whether Congressman Loudermilk opposes childhood cancer research and helping young cancer patients or whether his staff simply had a scheduling issue.
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My wife and I just took part in the Alliance for Childhood Cancer's Action Days 2025. We went to DC and met with house and senate staffers from our home states to advocate for childhood cancer issues. We were in a group that met with staffers under Sen. Warnock, Sen. Ossoff, and Rep. Hank Johnson.
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Musk and his followers decided to disregard the lives of children and young adults with cancer by excluding funding for these Acts. The message was clear: it's okay to let children die as long as the wealthiest people get tax breaks.
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In September, my stepdaughter Penelope went to DC to advocate for the passage of the Give Kids a Chance Act. That Act, and the Accelerating Kids' Access to Care Act had strong bipartisan support and were part of the budget package until Elon Musk got involved. Penelope died 2 months later...
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My stepdaughter died on 11/25/24 after fighting osteosarcoma for 2 years. It breaks my heart to see attempts to cut cancer research funding, humanitarian aid, etc.
If you want to support cancer patients, families, & researchers, I hope you'll consider a donation.
www.mibagents.org/family-funds...
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Thanks - I appreciate that.
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is not well-intentioned. It is dangerous and perpetuates ignorance.
If anyone sees this and wants to make a donation that supports pediatric osteosarcoma research, education, and programs, we set up a Family Fund to remember my stepdaughter.
www.mibagents.org/family-funds...
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My stepdaughter just died from cancer. She fought osteosarcoma for 2 years. Sometimes people suggested pseudoscience remedies/cures to us, and it was tough to respond to them. We knew the suggestions were crap, but they intended well. But, to push these "cures"publically