by The Son@Night
Voting without reading
Blind stumblebums and thieves
Spending without needing
Who cares what it achieves?
It’s nothing but illusion,
A pretense and a sham
Captured by delusion
All hail our Uncle Sam!
There has been a disturbing habit in Congress as of late, purposely ramming through votes before anyone has had the opportunity to read the legislation in question. It happened back in February when Congress passed the massive stimulus bill and it happened again yesterday when the House of Representatives passed the Cap and Trade National Energy Tax bill. Both of these bills were controversial and close. It seems that Congressional leadership did not want anyone looking too closely under the hood before buying the vehicle. Tactically this makes sense. After all, both bills passed. Ethically? Not so much. Your government does not want anyone to understand what is happening before it happens. That can’t be a good sign.
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This post at the Corner examines the phenomenon more closely and proposes a solution.
what happened to O’s promise that all bills would be posted online for 48hrs before they were voted on?