Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna

News reports this morning are that some members of Congress are attempting to attach earmarks to the bailout legislation being negotiated. But even more disturbing is the reported attempt by the Republican caucus in the House to add a capital gains tax decrease to the bailout language being drafted.

Maybe it's just "politics" to take advantage of a situation where legislative action is desperately needed to tack on other, extraneous items that are personal "favorites" of legislators or groups of legislators, knowing that the proposals won't pass on their own.

Our system is broken and needs to be fixed.