Greetings visitors! This post is a slight deviation from regular postings regarding Obama and his campaign or posts criticizing the Republicans.
In this post I hereby criticize the usage of the term "Rebellion" to call those in the House who voted AGAINST the 700 Billion Dollar Bailout bill.
Now why on earth would the media, the White House, the leadership of both parties are use this word to describe their colleagues who voted against such an unpopular plan?
TRUE they are voting against the wishes of their party leaders, the wishes of the lame duck president, the wishes of ex-CEO and multimillionaire Henry Paulson and the folks at the Federal Reserve. But WHY DID they vote against their "leaders"? Simple folks. It's an election year. And as we know, these politicians mostly listen to their constituents ONLY DURING AN ELECTION YEAR. And what did their constituents say? Majority told them to VOTE NO! Who wants to pay up to $3000.00 per tax payer to clean up Wall Street's mess. Let Wall Street and other rich companies pay for the clean up and fix up of this mess! Don't screw the little guys for something that is NOT, I repeat, NOT their fault! I do not buy for one second the administration's claims that the sky is falling and will fall without this bailout. Bush has become the boy who cried wolf. Maybe this time there really IS a wolf...but he has no credibility left and it's hard for common people like you and me to believe anything that comes out of his mouth.
Now let's get back to my original topic. Are the house members who voted against this insane plan (which they were given only a FEW DAYS to review...and with NO ALTERNATIVES BEING CONSIDERED) REBELS? I SAY NOT! They listened to their constituents...the PEOPLE that they serve (yes yes, it's only because they face reelection...but still at least they DO LISTEN THIS TIME). WHO ARE THESE CONGRESSMEN AND CONGRESSWOMEN'S real bosses? Err...that would be their CONSTITUENTS...the PEOPLE. The PEOPLE elect them, the PEOPLE pay for their salaries through their taxes, the PEOPLE are the ones they MUST SERVE FIRST, they can serve their congressional leaders SECOND. The PEOPLE ARE THEIR BOSSES. If they are doing the will of their TRUE BOSSES (The People), then they ARE NOT REBELS. THERE IS NO CONGRESSIONAL REBELLION. There are only congressional representatives who did EXACTLY what the Founding Fathers intended for them to do...SERVE THEIR CONSTITUENTS...REPRESENT THE PEOPLE. If majority of their constituents say NO...they they must say NO as well. That is their JOB! That is their PURPOSE. That is REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY AT WORK!
It is rare that the system actually works. And it tends to do this during election years. So let us be happy the system is working as it was intended to work. Repeat after me...THERE IS NO CONGRESSIONAL REBELLION. It's just Democracy working as IT SHOULD!
For the record I disagree with the 700 Dollar Bailout plan as it stands now. It needs serious changes or they need to consider ALTERNATIVES before passing something so VERY VERY EXPENSIVE FOR INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYERS into LAW. Did you know the current plan does not address the root cause of this mess? That's right folks, the current plan does not address the deregulation of Wall St. that got us into this mess. The current plan does not provide for any new regulations or rules for Wall St to PREVENT this kind of mess from happening AGAIN!
There are a few times I disagree with my candidate. This is one of those times.
NO TO THE CURRENT 700 BILLION DOLLAR BAILOUT PLAN!
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