On the heels of the Congress’ vote to NOT pass the President’s $700B financial bailout, they’re all getting ready to meet again tonight to see if they can’t get this thing passed. And to top it all off, they’ve thrown in a bunch of new provisions aimed at convincing many of the House Republicans that originally voted against the bill to change their vote and vote to the affirmative this time. Oh goodie.
Now, I’m not really saying I’m for or against this bill, but my point is this. If they already voted on it and our ELECTED OFFICIALS voted it down based on what ‘us’, the constituents told them, then why in the world would they insult our intelligence by throwing in a bunch of other provisions to try and squeeze this thing through? I just don’t get it.
Yes, I do believe that something needs to be done. But why does it always start at the top and work it’s way down to the bottom? This is the problem with policitians. They’ve forgotten that they were elected to represent the people in their respective states. To look out for us to ensure government doesn’t overstep it’s bounds. Hmmmmmm, seems to me like there’s a little bit of that overstepping going on right now.
I guess we’ll just have to wait to see what the results of tonight’s votes are to determine if our beloved politicians have once again taken on the role of telling us what’s best for us.
