Sen. Inhofe is in serious running for craziest Mo-Fo in the Senate. And that is a very select club indeed.
I do wonder about some of the spending though. The bill is big enough that it is difficult for serious analysis to be done before it gets passed. I hate that, lord knows that Republicans pulled that shit enough when they were in power but I don't like to see it from Dems either. Could you point me to the analyses that show money going mostly to long term projects with little short term return? Most all of the spending, from what I've seen, is going to "shovel ready" projects though. That has its upsides and downsides. For instance, mass transit is getting shafted in this bill. There is some money in there but for long term value mass transit is likely to have a greater return than highway improvement. However, there aren't nearly as many mass transit projects ready to go as there are upgrades to existing infrastructure. So mass transit has to suck it up and make its case in subsequent budgets. I'm conflicted on the cuts being proposed in the Senate right now. The largest portion of them are cuts to education grants. I don't like to see that as education is definitely an economic driver and a moral imperative. But I do wonder about the immediate short term financial impact of the education funding. There is a variety of things I'd love to see funded for the long term but I don't think it is right to just toss them in this bill because it is likely to pass. Budgeting should not be done in a big rush. We've seen that before and not cared for the process or the results. Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:287682 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
