Originally posted by sad_eyed_lady
I'm not mad that few people took the time to read it, but that they were not given the time to read it.
I think the PTB that rushed this piece of work through more or less are acknowledging that it is a piece of trash as they didn't even have the guts
to let it be read.
"A few days?" "Nobody read it?"
The sites I follow for political news are
www.huffingtonpost.com... and
www.dailykos.com...
They have been discussing it AND the various changes since before December. I have seen discussions and links to full text sections, discussions of
what changes were proposed by which senators, etc, etc, etc.
Here's the December 1 announcement of the original $500 billion bill. Work was begun on it in the Bush administration (note this is Reuters) and
said Nancy Pelosi was beginning to work with senators on this:
www.reuters.com...
The Republican National Chairman indicates that final work began on it immediately after Obama was elected
latimesblogs.latimes.com...
Factcheck.org had been linking to the details of the bill and answers a question on it here:
www.factcheck.org...
Pros and cons of it have been debated for over a month:
primebuzz.kcstar.com.../16886
The final version was put online over a week ago. It couldn't be put on earlier because the senators were fighting and compromising about it.
www.clipsandcomment.com...
A bill of this size isn't something that's written once and signed off. Someone starts it, a committee reviews it, details are argued and the
committee takes comments (and the newspapers are all over the details), a full proposal is put forth by the committee, a formal bill is announced and
put on the agenda (this is about where they were during January when Bush was in office). It's brought to Congress where congresscritters fight and
wrangle over it (though by this time it is generally a "done deal". They strike wording, negotiate with each other for support, and then it gets
done.
It was hardly a "sneak." My news sources were all over this -- and the general idea -- since early in 2008, when they were discussing whether
veterans needed to have special treatment in any stimulus bill.
This is why I read Huffington and KOS... they ignore whatever it is that Brittney Spears is doing or whatever happened to whassisface on American Idol
and Phelps hardly hit the radars. But they've been very up on every piece of legislation and who is voting which way.
You might consider changing the site where you read your political news.
I'm a liberal Democrat, so Huffington and KOS may not be to your tastes... sorry that I can't recommend conservative Republican sites that are of a
similar nature but I'm sure some here can.
...it's Impossible to to Payoff the original Obligation
when they're the only source of legal tender and it's loaned at interest...Borrow a $1...it cost you $.06...now how you going to pay that $.06...you
have to borrow from them again...can anyone say Ponzi/Loan Shark? 
