Nancy and Barry’s Promises In The Dark
Posted on February 12, 2009
It’s been a short walk from Nancy Pelosi’s claim of the most ethical and honest Congress ever, as well as Obama’s promise to run a transparent government, to this
President Barack Obama has proclaimed his administration will be more open than the previous administration. However, his counterparts in the House and the Senate aren’t following suit.
The Washington Post has reported that negotiations between House and Senate Democrats have resulted in a stimulus bill with a price tag of “about $789.5 billion.” This agreement raised the ire of Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., and he went outside of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office to express it.
“My name’s Tom Price and I represent the Sixth District of Georgia and [am] the privileged chair of the Republican Study Committee,” Price said. “It’s now noon on Wednesday. I’m standing outside the office of the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi. The door is closed. We just heard news break there’s been an agreement between the House and the Senate on the non-stimulus bill.”
And we aren’t even 30 days into Obama’s presidency! He has gotten rid of his 5 day pledge for people to review legislation before he signs it, he is hiring lobbyists, he has completely dropped his ”post-partisan” pledge (unless post-partisan means claiming to be non-partisan then acting partisan,) and….well, you know the hit parade. Now we are going to get a massive bill that people who crafted it do not know if it will actually work. Think Obama will review it line by line? Sure, that promise was about the federal budget, but, semantics. I think this qualifies.
So, how much of a tax cut is he delivering to 95% of the American peoplewith that $790 billion? A whopping $13 per paycheck that later gets reduced to $8 per paycheck. Stimuluspalooza!
Hey, I thought he was going to give us all $1,000 welfare, oh, sorry, rebate, checks. No?
And The Anchoressreminds us of how Michelle Obama sneered at the $600 stimulus checks previously sent out. I’m not sure if the $13 a week will help Michelle’s kids, but, I think we can figure out what it will do to her great-grandkids.
Others: Macsmind, Balloon Juice, RedState, Sister Toldjah, Flopping Aces, The Nation, Michelle Malkin
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It’s not a matter of their not knowing whether or not it will work – it’s a matter of their knowing it will NOT work and doing all they can to hide that fact from those of us footing the bill so they can line their own pockets.
This Congress and Administration have made no bones whatsoever about their willingness (nay, their audacity) to openly operate outside the bounds of the Constitution. So much for “checks and balances,” when the 3 branches are in collusion to subvert the Law of the Land.
If the PRESS tried to live up to its title.”The Fourth Estate”, you would see articles depicting the exclussion of Republicans from workingon this bill. Moreover, were are the informative data on specific monies spent on pork.The Press has abrogated its duties to the first amendment and become a shill for the Obama Cabal.
The great thing is that when this flops horribly, and the economy is tanked by the end of the summer, THEY OWN IT! OBAMBI, REID, PELOSI, they are the only ones in charge now.
I already have my budget figured out once I receive this massive $13 a month stimulus.
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