< The 1,073-page document wasn't posted on the government's Web site until after 10 p.m. the day before the vote to pass it was taken>
and of course members only read proposed legislation on the web? They wouldn't have received a personal printed copy? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Calco Sent: Tuesday, 17 February 2009 11:14 PM To: 'ProFox Email List' Subject: [OT] Stimulus Bill a Sorry Spectacle http://tinyurl.com/db4ua8 - - - What a joke. Your Congress has voted to spend almost $790 billion of your money on a stimulus package that not a single member of either chamber has read. The 1,073-page document wasn't posted on the government's Web site until after 10 p.m. the day before the vote to pass it was taken. I don't care if you're Evelyn Wood, you can't read almost 1,100 pages of the lawyer talk that makes up all legislation in eight or 10 hours. The criminal part of this boondoggle is divided into two parts. The first is the Democrats promised to post the bill a full 48 hours before the vote was taken to allow members of the public to see what they were getting for their money. Both parties voted unanimously to do this ... and they lied. It didn't happen. Why am I not surprised? Congress lying to the American people has become part of their job description. They can't be trusted on anything anymore. ... It's really too bad President Obama couldn't figure out a way to jettison these two who are poster children for everything that is wrong in Washington. The Associated Press called the birth of the stimulus bill "sausage making" in the best tradition of Washington politics as usual. The second part of the crime is the contents of the bill itself. Far from being only about jobs, infrastructure and tax cuts as promised, the stimulus bill stimulates a bunch of other stuff as well. Eight billion dollars for high-speed rail lines, including a proposed line between Las Vegas and Los Angeles. This little bit of second story work wasn't even in the House version of the bill. It started in the Senate as a $2 billion project, and came out of the conference committee costing a whopping $8 billion. Gee, now who would that benefit? Oh yeah, the Senate majority leader is from Nevada. ... So far, we have an anemic stimulus bill and some sort of vague proposal from the secretary of the Treasury to deal with the banking crisis -- a proposal that landed with a thud last week -- as the two first steps toward solving a financial crisis that is threatening to take down the country. Obama better step up his game, or it's going to be a short four years in office. - - - An Obama lackey at CNN starting to see through the veil of illusion. Too late. - Bob P.S. - Hey Geoff, hurry, you better whisk a tersely worded email off to Cafferty, to let him know he's totally alone in his extreme opinion. I'm sure he'll see the light and immediately start advocating that we adopt Australia's constitutional monarchy. House Banking Chairman Barney Frank can be our first queen, he really loves regulating financial institutions. Well, except for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Anyway, hurry. Cafferty apparently is unaware that he's either A or B. Knowing that will doubtless force him to reassess his lonesome worldview. [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
