Democrats Push New 2000 Page Bill - Won't Know How It Works Until It Passes

[Dekasa]

Someone said something about this being unconstitutional by violating the 4th and 5th amendments.

Very informative, any idea who said what about why it could be unconstitutional?

 

[rudder]

Yeah I would call that a gaffe by Dodd. Obviously nobody can predict the future, but yeah terrible word choice by a politician, who of all things, should understand that perception is paramount in your words.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yeA_kHHLow

Seems the white house feels the same way as dodd.

 

[BoberFett]

These thick bills just magically appear in dc and the congressmen/women just push donkey or elephant buttons attached to their seats.

Sadly, that's close to the truth.

Lobbyists write lengthy bills that never get read or understood by those doing the voting, and then the vote based on campaign support.

2000 pages, I'm sure there isn't a single loophole in there that will come back to bite us in the ass 5 years from now.

 

[werepossum]

Sadly, that's close to the truth.

Lobbyists write lengthy bills that never get read or understood by those doing the voting, and then the vote based on campaign support.

2000 pages, I'm sure there isn't a single loophole in there that will come back to bite us in the ass 5 years from now.

With a 2,000 page bill it's a given that no one knows everything that is in it, and that most people voting on it probably don't know anything about 1,990 pages of it. Personally I think any Congresscritter voting "YES" on a bill he or she (or it, in the case of Barney Frank) has not completely read and understood should be immediately recalled. This "Pass it and let's see what it does" shit gives us Hugo Chavez.

 

[Patranus]

Very informative, any idea who said what about why it could be unconstitutional?

Companies that are not public have to turn over their books
Ability to take/break up companies by regulators without due process.

There are the two that I remember off the top of my head. If I think of any more mentioned I will post them.

 

[mav451]

Yeah I was gonna say. The problem is never comprehension, but corruption. Someone is given a gift for their vote...so they vote.

The end.