The Stimulus Bill: Dems Follow Obama Blindly, Republicans Squabble, the Public Loses

The economic stimulus bill, which has ballooned to over 900 Billion Dollars is yet to cause Harry Reid to bat an eye. "The world is waiting to see what we're going to do in the next 24 hours," said Reid, who fails to see the billions of pork that have been thrown into the bill.

Is the stimulus package necessary? The argument is heated and both opinions have valid points. But to blindly go along, as Reid is doing, trying to look good by following after Obama, is ridiculous. Where is the devotion to do what is right and not weigh tax-payers down with billions upon billions of pork barrel spending?

Dick Durbin also follows blindly as he is led astray from his constituents: "If I could do this in a symbolic way, that their measures account for one page," Durbin said, ""One page of this bill. You listen to the things that they list, that they found so objectionable, they count, in dollar terms, to about one page of this bill." Can I just ask this: if it is just one "page," why not just take it out? Or is this unity amongst brothers and sisters not all it's cracked up to be?

"It is time for Congress to act," President Obama stated. "It is time to pass an Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Plan to get our economy moving again." Why can't we just take out the pork? Take it out and vote on the blasted thing.

Not to sound like a nut, but the probable explanation is that the Democrats want this bill to fail. Yes, I said it. Why? Because they can point to the Republicans and say to their constituents, "See, they made our economy falter, they don't care about you." It's a masterful move: if the bill passes and succeeds, the Democrats (and Obama) get the credit. If it goes down in flames, the Democrats blame the Republicans. It's a win-win for them.

For us, however, time and money hang in the balance.