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Originally Posted by actor
of your points. however, I'm pretty certain that most of the provisions of the bill were known to members of congress. Yes, it was a lousy bill, however, the fact that the economy was in such dire straits required some action. I don't think Obama came to office all psyched up to spend $800 million for no reason. And the fact is that there is a tremendous amount of attacks of a partisan nature on this board that in most cases are directed at the left by right wing critics who are all to willing to turn a blind eye to similar behavior by conservatives.
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Well, there are two things we will need to agree to disagree on....that the members of congress knew what was in the bill (I think the President had an idea from the Dem leaders in congress) and that it was necessary at all and the more we see of the results and where it has gone, makes my point.
I will add that the President knowing in advance what was in the bill concerns me just as much as the bill itself since the cornerstone of his campaign for the office was on transparency AND that he would never sign a bill with pork (guess could add the political hyper on posting the bill)
Yes, there are attacks ...agree. I will tell you this with no fear of contradiction that those attacks go both ways. I have been called many names since I began to post on here but the biggest objection from me is this....folks will criticize those who post on here AND THAT IS IT. They do not post their thoughts on anything...they simply say....Dem good Republican bad...Bush no good and leave. THat is NOT discussing and if you dont want to discuss (that is a generic YOU, and not aimed at you personally) ...if you dont want to discuss, then why come here and simply criticize those who do ?
I hope that people READ, LEARN..become knowledgeable and share that while expresssing their opinion !