President Obama has been in office less than a month and it seems like many in our wonderful Congress are already looking past the present - the problems, issues, depression and such to see how they can position a power change in 2010. Said the eloquent minority whip Eric Cantor, “I think the 2010 elections certainly will be a test for the mandate of change that this administration was elected with.”
I’m trying to think of a way to say STFU without using an expletive. But anyway, is that what is at stake here? The next election?
There was a huge spending spree in the Bush administration that gave us this mess and it shows no signs of slowing. As much as I want the current efforts to succeed, it looks like more deficit spending and a hope to grow the economy by a societal spending spree. Tax cuts? The bill was compromised to bring in tax cuts for Republican votes (with a 0% success rate from House Republicans). What happened to infrastructure? Why can’t we do one, single thing that will benefit the nation for years to come? How about a high-speed train from California to New York? How about installing a solar panel on every house to boost the power grid? How about paying off consumer credit with government loans rather than giving money to banks?
I’m bothered that the politics as usual is still the politics as usual. And it is a disgrace that we have huge bills being pushed by incompetent, partisan leaders like Nancy Pelosi. That methodology is NO different than the leadership of Boner or Delay.
At any rate, dressing in camo and hiding in the back woods of upstate New York won’t save the skins of the losers of this battle. Hold on, the public will be the losers. We will get a couple of “free” lunches in terms of tax relief and we won’t have better peanut butter, a high speed rail or a politician concerned with anything other than re-election. And those that lose will just end up like poor Tom Daschle – rich.
