dick, How about this? Someone wrote that bill, or it would not exist. Have those people testify in public in front of an appropiate Congressional committee as to what is in that bill. The key it that the testimony must be given UNDER OATH and put that testimoney on the internet and on PBS. And then prosecute to the fullest any lies caught with no statute of limitations.
On Aug 2, 8:48 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > Too Big to Pass > <http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/08/024175.php> > > <http://twitter.com/home?status=Reading:%20Too%20Big%20to%20Pass%20at%...> > Share Post <http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/08/024175.php#> > Print > <http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/08/024175.php?format=print> > August 1, 2009 Posted by John at 6:44 PM > > One of the most notorious news stories of the past week was Democratic > Congressman John Conyers' ridiculing > <http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,535244,00.html> of the idea that he > and his fellow legislators should actually read bills--here, the health > care "reform" act--before voting on them: > > I love these members that get up and say, Read the bill! Well, what > good is reading the bill if it's a thousand pages and you don't have > two days and two lawyers to find out what it means after you've read > the bill? > > The version of the health care bill that passed the House's Energy and > Commerce Committee on a 31-28 vote is here > <http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20090714/aahca.pdf>. I've > spent some time looking at it and, unlike most people, I am > professionally qualified, in theory, to understand it. But, at over > 1,000 pages, it's a pretty hopeless task. > > So I would propose a simple, bright-line rule. In recent months many > observers have said that if a company is too big to fail (i.e., in a > pinch the government will bail it out), then it is too big to exist. I > think there is a lot of merit to that idea. Here is my corollary: if a > bill is too vast for a Congressman to read and understand, it is too big > to pass. If a Congressman can't read the bill, he shouldn't vote for it. > The appropriate response to any such legislation is: just vote "No." > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/08/024175.php --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
