The Obama administration was pushing for weeks that the bailout package/stimulus plan that was proposed had to be passed, it had to be passed, but no one could read it.It had to be passed, as quickly as possible ofcourse, the longer they would wait, the worse the crisis would get. But as soon as the house and the senate passed it, Obama decides that there is no rush anymore. He takes a 3-day valentine's holiday and he will put his signature under the piece of paper later. He is not expected to sign the bill until tuesday so it's not in effect yet. I thought we had to rush things because of the crisis ? All that the world is waiting for is Obama's signature. What's the logic here, there was such a hurry to pass this right ? He even threatened the world with the word depression if this would not be passed quickly !
So what's the story here ?
Finally the house and the senate passed it, even though nobody had a real opportunity to read it. The 1100 page document was made public one hour before they had to vote on it.. ! Not even one day to read 1100 pages ! What kind of democracy is that ? Over the weekend analysts have begun looking at the fine print, and some of it is a bit scary !
Meet the new boss, the same as the old boss ?
The whole point was that the administration did not want that anyone would read the bill, and ofcourse, no one did read it. It includes all kinds of strange loops regarding healthcare and the government having access to computerized psychiatric records, the second amendment and possibly other stuff. The scary bit is the amount of politicians who are talking about this.. just a few. It should give you an insight in how many politicians are bought and paid for these days.Hold on a minute, I remember another politician who used to do exactly the same thing over and over again. Man was he a pain in the ass ! And I never really understood why he did it. It was Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush ! That's right.
I don't get the joke here and it frustrates me. George Bush also "allowed" the congress to see the legislation he wanted to pass just several hours before they had to vote on it, and he too took sometimes weeks to sign the bills that were so absolutely necessary to pass. Is there a joke coming ? I really really really don't know, it just bugs me !
Is this somekind of inside joke, just to show us who is boss ? All this secrecy and seemingly abuse of power; WHAT's GOING ON ?¿?
