Most Vetted, Ever

We all know that the stimulus bill was fast tracked. Our law makers worked tirelessly for days to get it passed. Obama even broke this five day rule. All so we could get this economy turned around fast.

The bill was passed so quickly that Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) told CNNNew.Com “No, I don’t think anyone will have the chance to [read the entire bill],”. John Boehner said that not one member had read the entire bill. Which makes sense because it was voted on less than 24 hours after the final version was released.

Than we have these quotes from two US Representatives.

On Chris Matthews’ MSNBC show Hardball, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) just called the stimulus bill “the most transparent piece of legislation in American history.”

With David Schuster on MSNBC, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) called the stimulus bill "the most vetted bill in history," and "the most transparent piece of legislation in history."

I can only think of two explanations for those quotes. The first is that our lawmakers never read bills before voting and just do as their party leaders tell them. Plus they have a unusually bad grasp of American history. Second is that they think we are all idiots and will believe anything that they say.

Personally I am not sure which is worse. Could they possibly believe what they are saying? I am not calling them liars, but I am not not calling them liars either.

Stimulus Success

As the Libs celebrate the passing of their stimulus, I wonder on how we will judge it's success or lack there of. Obama said that step one is the creation of jobs. One of the stated goals of the package is to create or save 3.5 to 4.5 million jobs, which leaves me wondering, how do you measure a saved job?

Does that mean that it was successful as long as 3.5 million people have jobs? I had a job on Monday and I still have a job today. Does that mean my job was saved by the stimulus? If that is the case I would like to thank Obama. Since there is no way to tell how many jobs would have been lost with out the stimulus we will never know how many it saved.

Politicians love loop holes and they left themselves one here they can drive a truck through. A word that probably is glossed over at first glance was probably carefully crafted.