No matter how much some may wish it, metric conversion is a non issue when it comes to the "stimulus" package. I would not want it to be so. When the stimulus package makes things worse for the country you wouldn't want metric to be associated with it.
Jerry ________________________________ From: Pierre Abbat <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 9:08:26 AM Subject: [USMA:42990] Re: Action: We urgently need your help on the stimulus packge On Friday 13 February 2009 03:10:32 Paul Armstrong wrote: > Currently, the stimulus package is being reconciled by a committee > appointed from the House and Senate. I just downloaded the seventh (and apparently latest) version of the bill. "metric" occurs only in "objectives, milestones, and metrics". Judging by the terms I've searched it for, the message I sent to legislators has had no effect. The bill is two megabytes (including HTML code). It's obvious that the congresspeople cannot read the whole thing in a week, let alone write it. Who write bills, and how can we contact them? Pierre
