$850 BILLION? Shame On the Lot of You!

Speaker Pelosi,

We can't get $700B through the House, but there is no issue with $850BILLION?

Are you all just plain nuts???

$150 BILLION dollars was added to a bill that may well NOT work and this is supposed to be good?

GW Bush got one by the House and Senate once again for something that you all "hope" will work.

Given the economy, do you really think that lenders are going to continue lending? Tell me you aren't that naive.

I'm all for Barack and hope, I'm just not willing to pin $850 BILLION dollars on "hope."

Please explain how, if we are a nation feeding at the trough of credit, that this solves the problem? We've bought a month or two, maybe even six months or a year, but at the end of that $850 BILLION dollars we'll be no better off. We'll still be a nation in debt and sooner or later it will all come tumbling down. How dare you put that onto me in my later years or worse yet, onto my son!

Please, tell me you know more than I do and then explain what you know. This is insane.

For shame on the lot of you. That we are even in this position is treasonous.

Consequences

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Federal Wall Street Bailout and Welfare Program

Dear Senators,

Why would you (we) do this on a countdown clock? This is no way to make policy, or make a reasonable decision. This is wrong, wrong, wrong. It’s only a recipe for making the problem worse. We can’t “borrow” another $700B if this doesn’t work.

What sane government spends hundreds of billions of dollars on a plan that they fully acknowledge may or may not work?

What type of government makes this insane “investment” while at the same time acknowledging that, even if it does work, it is only a band-aid at best and puts off the problem yet again? Moreover, since when is the US government in the business of gambling?

What aren't we being told? I see it on their faces, they hold their noses while giving news briefings. The house Republicans seem to be the only ones willing to bring any sanity to this process. I have great respect for all the Democrat legislators, so I really need help in understanding thier position and why they are so willing to jump into bed with Bush on this.

On the surface, given the information I have, this is reckless government, and an irresponsible way for our elected officials to conduct business. Doesn't this bill deserve at least a week or two of study and discussion?

I don't understand this crisis at all. I "get" the supposed "crisis"... but who woke up and pulled the "financial crisis" alarm? Two weeks ago, this "crisis" didn't exist. Outside of the recession, it doesn't feel like a crisis, it doesn't look like a crisis, so what gives?

I am calling, writing, and faxing my representatives (and the various committees) daily, urging that they NOT push this through w/o significant discussion and contemplation. I urge everyone to do the same.


Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008