The House of Representatives passed the 'Stimulus' Plan today. I will not say 1 word about what is actually in the Plan because that is not even necessary to illustrate the pure, unadulterated incompetency displayed by those who voted "Yes" on the bill today.
This bill was just over 1,000 pages long. It was submitted late Thursday night by the House Appropriations committee.
How many people do you know can read 1,000 pages in 12 hours?
We voted for these representatives to represent us (imagine that). I'd honestly like to know who feels properly represented by their representative who voted "yes" on a bill before they had time to read it.
How is this even legal? Shouldn't there be some mandated period of time based on the length of the bill that must pass before it can be voted on? (Like, say, more than 12 hours for a 1,000 page bill)
Didn't we get into this financial crisis because of haste, irresponsibility and lack of understanding of the things at work in our economy?
Dosen't hastily voting on a bill of this magnitude have an inordinately high probability of exacerbating the problem?
Don't extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures? Why couldn't Congress postpone their precious recess to sit down and READ AND DISCUSS this bill instead of rushing to vote just because there's an arbitrary deadline. Is that too much to ask of our elected government?
Am I crazy?
Please tell me someone else out there has a problem with this.
-T
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