What Happened?

So the American public was told they would have 48 hours to read the stimulus plan before the Senate would vote on it.  So what happened?   

The final version of the bill was made available just before midnight on Thursday night, with voting beginning at approximately 5:30 pm Friday.  That’s roughly 18 hours.  The final Stimulus bill was 1,071 pages; one would have to read just over 1 page per minute for the 18 hours that it was made available.  That leaves no time to call your senator with objections, if they would even take our calls. 

Why was there such a rush to get this bill passed?  Well, for one the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, had to leave at 6:00 pm for a eight day trip to Europe.  But I think that the democrats wanted to keep the public in the dark, that way they could pass their socialist agenda without opposition.

I’ve learned that if we don’t take an active role in our Government now, there will come a time when we no longer have an opportunity to.

“All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.” – Thomas Jefferson

“The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.” - Thomas Jefferson