Great - now we're bribing corps to keep them from killing miners.

[FormerRepublican]

"Coal cos. to receive tax breaks for safety

FEB. 2 7:11 P.M. ET Coal companies would get tax breaks for spending more on safety equipment and training under a provision approved by the Senate Thursday.

The measure, authored by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., passed by voice vote. It is part of a broader tax bill that still must win congressional backing.

The provision dealing with underground coal mining would allow companies to deduct half the costs they incur when buying safety equipment."

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8FH9VKG7.htm?campaign_id=apn_home_down&chan=db

So now we're bribing already obscenely profitable companies with tax breaks to keep them from killing miners. And that's supposed to prevent this horror from happening again. Please. The corps will just take the hand outs to improve their bottom line, and keep on doing the same ol' thing.

[katty]

1. MORE tax breaks?! +Oil barons don't bother show up in d.c.

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. If they gave tax breaks to doctors, could they promise to cure

cancer & the common cold too?

[Daphne08]

3. Where's My Country? n/t