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Why Read It First?

By: johnstoirvin (Diary)  |  December 22nd, 2009 at 02:40 PM  | 

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     Members of Congress voting for any bill without reading it is a complete dereliction of duty and incompetence on the job. Worse yet, voting for a bill which includes taxes of any sort, without reading it, is not representing the people and is, in reality, taxation without representation. Is that not one of the major reasons we had our very own revolution???? Would any of us sign an expensive contract without reading it? Of course not! But our lawmakers are glad to do it because, after all, special interests and Party must be rewarded and besides, it’s not their personal money anyway.
    
     King George III of Great Britain and his leaders held the view that the wishes of colonists in America were unimportant and their only lawful purpose and duty was to obey the rules of the mother country, shut up and pay their unrepresented taxes. I suggest to you that this very same attitude is driving the present Congress and administration. Didn’t our ancestors fight and die to insure this would not happen again? Will it take a Revolution II or another Civil War to set our leaders straight? I don’t know. I certainly hope not. However, in my opinion, they are sowing the seeds for one. And if these seeds should take root, whose fault is it? We the people, absolutely! We will have allowed our apathy, ignorance and blind partisanship to permit our leaders the ability to treat us like the colonists of yesteryear.     

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  • Whitesands

    I am listening to senate democrat’s explain their bill. As if they now declare victory. Except their is the hollow sound of fear in their explanations. Statements such as “we are going to fix this or fix that,. or this is only the beginning of health care reform.” This is the problem WHY ARE THEY VOTING FOR THIS NOW? They wonder why Americans are upset. This bill is not thought out. If the U.S. senate is this irrational then they need to suspend legislation. The senate is becoming an embarrassment to this nation. Stop this madness and show your independence. Pass a rational bill in a bipartisan fashion. This is what America expects and demands.

  • Whitesands

    Senator Baucus is discussing all the professors that back the constitutionality of this bill in respect to mandates and the interstate commerce clause. Again he sounds scared. If you guys start to push you agenda on the basis of force as this bill does, you are only going to create such an opposition (which your actions over the last year have accomplished already.) movement that it may open up this country to a constitutional convention ( see WSJ editorial article 12/22/09 ). This is about bad legislation that is not in the best interest of the country. You require FORCE with the goal of more government control in a free society. That is why you have already lost the argument even though you pass this monstrosity. That is why you are afraid.