remember that the last couple of really urgent items of business that the administration put through brought us the patriot act and the war in iraq.
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 9:05 AM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 9:55 AM, Judah McAuley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> You forgot one option that seems to be being expressed by a fair number of >> Democrats who voted against the bailout bill: They think that if they do >> absolutely nothing, things will definitely go badly. But just because you >> have to do something does not mean that you should do the first thing that >> pops up. There are a lot of proposals out there by smart people that >> haven't >> gotten listened to in Congress. Ones that start off with less money upfront >> and try to do more about the underlying causes of the crash. I don't know >> if >> any of them are the answer, I don't know if they'll work. But I also don't >> know if Paulson's plan (modified by Congressional leaders) would work >> either. >> >> So the fundamental bet here, I think, is that correct action is more >> important than immediate action. Can we make that happen in an election >> year >> with ballots starting to be cast already? I don't know. But I don't think >> it >> is an absurd stance and I do think there is some wisdom in not accepting >> the >> first offer put on the table. >> >> Judah >> > > that certainly makes sense, especially when you consider this administration > and it's track record with this kind of "hurry up" legislation. > > Maybe this is checks and balances working as it should..... > > -- > Every monkey needs alone time > To eat bananas in the sunshine > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:271583 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
