Majority Leader Reid, a Nevada Democrat, exercised his authority to attach the bailout plan to an unrelated piece of legislation already on the Senate calendar, a bill that mandated equal treatment by healthcare insurers for mental and physical illnesses. This parliamentary maneuver allowed the Senate to evade the constitutional requirement that all spending legislation originate in the lower house.
This fragrant disregard for the constitution that is designed to protect the rights of the citizens is the in keeping with the program of the the Democrats, a program of cow-towing to the diktats of big business at the expense of those they have been charged to represent. The US is not a Democracy, it is a plutocracy, headed by a parasitic, criminal cabal of murders, thieves and thugs, on both side of the house. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
