bailout - revisited

"Senators loaded the economic rescue bill with tax breaks and other sweeteners for the right and left, hoping to secure approval in the House"
RTFA

WHAT?????

What do you do when you want someone to eat something that they do not want to? You add some other flavor that they may like; salt, sugar, honey, cinnamon, etc.
Is that the same thing that has happened with this bill?? If you are trying to pass a bad bill, (kudos to the Repubs who blocked it monday!) and you know its a bad bill...WHY NOT RETHINK YOUR ACTIONS???? Instead the geniuses in our congress decided to mask the bad scent of this horrible bill just to get the votes. Just listen to what Dirty Harry said today : "Inaction is not an option."
How on Earth could these 100 people have ever successfully conducted a campaign, and got any votes??? I just don't get how the 535 smartest (supposedly) people in our county can think this way! What would happen if we did in fact do nothing?? The people who messed up would see consequences, and more than likely Americans would never let that happen again! When will our government understand that they are relatively powerless to change or improve our nation? It is the people who do this! Doing nothing is exactly what our congress needs to do!
I am sorry that I keep ranting about this one thing....but I feel so hopeless thinking about the future of my great country, and how it will most likely be run by more of these types of idiots who think they can always fix any problem, or perceived problem. I foresee a US government growing increasingly socialistic and collectivist, being ruled by a populist ruler always seeking a larger, more powerful state; and that freaks me out!!
I see McCain pushing for this Bush sponsored initiative for the federal take-over of our biggest mortgage companies and it has my head spinning. I guess we can finally say good bye to the GOP as we knew it. Sorry Ol' Gipper.

(epos part III coming soon!)