Only... NOT! Pet Projects! Billions of Dollars of Pork!
Don't get me wrong, I like bacon as much as the next guy, but not prepared by Congress...
Never mind that the bill will actually do more harm than good, which is a travesty in and of itself. Look at what else has happened:
The majority holders in the House and Senate kept the minority members from offering amendments to the bill.
When the bill was all said and done, it was over 1100 pages long, was delivered around midnight and voted on next business day. Call it 17 hours, if the vote happened by 5PM. That means that a member of Congress would have to read 65 pages per HOUR of legaleeze (assuming they didn't sleep at all after receiving the bill...). I can't read that fast when I'm reading for enjoyment.
In addition, I've heard reports that the text of the bill was never delivered to the representatives in a PDF or other electronic file, so there was no way to quickly search if for pork. This was a disgusting trick by the majority leaders in both the house and senate to pay off (that is buy votes) all of the pet projects of their constituents.
Republican Minority Leader John Boehner talks about the bill in this short clip, well worth your time.
I'm so angry, I could literally spit at these people. These people should all be ashamed of themselves! This was not the way our government was intended to work.
Bayou Renaissance Man talks about it over here.
And as usual, Breda is far more eloquent than I am...
Don't get me wrong, I like bacon as much as the next guy, but not prepared by Congress...
Never mind that the bill will actually do more harm than good, which is a travesty in and of itself. Look at what else has happened:
The majority holders in the House and Senate kept the minority members from offering amendments to the bill.
When the bill was all said and done, it was over 1100 pages long, was delivered around midnight and voted on next business day. Call it 17 hours, if the vote happened by 5PM. That means that a member of Congress would have to read 65 pages per HOUR of legaleeze (assuming they didn't sleep at all after receiving the bill...). I can't read that fast when I'm reading for enjoyment.
In addition, I've heard reports that the text of the bill was never delivered to the representatives in a PDF or other electronic file, so there was no way to quickly search if for pork. This was a disgusting trick by the majority leaders in both the house and senate to pay off (that is buy votes) all of the pet projects of their constituents.
Republican Minority Leader John Boehner talks about the bill in this short clip, well worth your time.
I'm so angry, I could literally spit at these people. These people should all be ashamed of themselves! This was not the way our government was intended to work.
Bayou Renaissance Man talks about it over here.
And as usual, Breda is far more eloquent than I am...
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