In eerily similar fashion to last fall’s financial system bailout, the American people are once again having another piece of legislation jammed down their throats without their elected representatives even having a chance to review it. This by a new administration; one that promised that such things were of the past. However, when it comes to pork, all politicians are the same and this new stimulus bill has now grown to well over 1000 pages in the hours before the final vote.

The bigger question is how could an elected representative in good conscience vote for something they haven’t even had a chance to look at? At the very least, this is despicable behavior. This bill of goods has been sold under the premise that if something isn’t done within days that the economy will collapse. This is utter nonsense and fear-mongering – nothing more. An economy doesn’t collapse over a period of days. It has taken us well over 2 years from the beginning of the blowup just to get to where we are now. Certainly a few weeks could be taken here to at least give due diligence before committing the equivalent of fiscal suicide.

Unfortunately, by the time we actually learn about the content of this ever-changing bill, and its ultimate impact on us as citizens, the time for action will be long gone.