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Originally Posted by serenityseeker
Let's keep this in at least an honest perspective. This is a bill left over from last year (because democratic and republican crooks could not come to terms).
Also as noted above this is a congress problem; Dems AND Repubs. The disgusting part is that these "lawmakers" can eventually hold any bill hostage if they don't get their "earmarks" (read strongarm money).
http://mediamatters.org/items/200902260026?f=h_latest
Read this if you have any doubt that this is bipartisan issue. The contaminated way that our congress functions has not fundemantaly changed.
Should it be vetoed? H@#* yes, and I hope it will be. But honestly, with a congress full of self serving thieves that can hold the budget/bills/system at large hostage, I doubt it will. Everyone has to get their little piece of the pie to keep constituents happy and buy the votes. How many of our citizens are writing their congressman to demand that the earmarks for their community be removed???
I am sure that there will be posts somehow still stating that this is all still evil Obama's problem but really, it's a system wide problem and only willingness to make some sweeping and painful changes can begin to make a dent in it. |
I certainly want to say that I do not feel that President Obama is evil.
As stated during the campaign and primary, THIS IS HIS IDEALOGY...he only knows one thing and has been exposed only to socialist programs of large huge government spending.
And your last sentence...."it's a system wide problem and only willingness to make some sweeping and painful changes can begin to make a dent in it."....THAT was exactly what this President campaigned on....
also campaigned on no exceptions to his rules of integrity and that is gone also...
and he said 1/2 weeks before he was sworn in that there would be NO....NONE...earmarks in the stimulus bill...well, we all know that is not true either.
The deception is worse than earmarks. Now, with this new bill ACORN and that radical LaRaza group get even more billions of money...double dipping at its best. These are political groups..you can paint them anyway you want but these bills are political paybacks and advances for the future.
In defense of President Obama...I believe that Pelosi and Reid are running the country and doing it anyway they want !