BHO's Stimulus 2009 has passed!

Based on a complete lack of legislative integrity, the SMDC (with the help of 3 Republican Senators) passed an over 1000 page so-called stimulus bill that will now become law upon the signature of BHO. The only saving grace in this fiasco was that one party almost completely spurned its enactment. Now time will tell who is right, and who gets blamed.

 

Those that support this emergency spending bill will have to explain why it did not provide for infrastructure, stimulus, and job creation when it falls flat on its face over the next 12-18 months. The CBO (Congressional Budget Office) says that its a boondoggle and over 75% of its expenditures will not occur until 2010-2019 fiscal years! This is NOT stimulative, but as Mr. Emanuel stated:

 

"“Rule one: Never allow a crisis to go to waste, they are opportunities to do big things.”

 

Should it shock anyone that BHO is now making the crisis the solution in order to do things that his administration would never be able to do without fighting for each appropriation in the normal course of Congressional process? Probably not since it was sold under the banner of an "emergency spending" provision which short-circuits the normal debate and hearings procedures. Is this not wasting a good crisis?

 

Add to that the Bush-43 assistance in this matter which gave the BHO and the SMDC the excuse for cover by saying "they started it!", and we have the makings of a complete breakdown of normal governmental checks and balances. Jefferson warned about the dangers of public debt, and it appears from the annals of our history, he is becoming quite the sage.

 

Between the "unholy three: BHO, Pelosi, and Reid", and the SMDC including the 3 Republican senatorial turn-coats (Spector, Snowe, and Collins) will now have to deal with the success or failure of this spending bill. They can not blame anyone but themselves since Republicans almost to the last person voted against it. Again, I hope it will fail since its success will complete the process of turning the USA into the USSA -- something that I can not agree nor support.