Hurry up and waste

Beginning, at least, with the fiasco which was the TARP bailout last October, the Federal Government has undertaken a series of initiatives which can not wait. The stimulus package a few months ago had to be passed so quickly that no one could even read it before they voted on almost 800 billion dollars. That bill alone was almost $3,000.00 for each and every man, woman and child in the United States. They would most likely have been better off in stimulating the economy if they had just given that amount to each person in the U. S.
Instead, the money went to a wide variety of special interest projects, many of which won't kick in for a couple more years. And, like the TARP last year, we don't even have any idea where much of it is going.
Now, at the same time that we are told Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has the largest amount of experience of any recent nominee to the court, the Democrats insist the vote must take place soon. Any delay is obstructionist. And healthcare reform has to happen now, regardless of the cost, which may be between one and two trillion dollars, according to the OMB (the president's Office of Managemnent and Budget) and the CBO (Congressional Budget Office). This while we are looking at having a budget deficit which might approach two trillion dollars this year alone, and twelve trillion dollars total.
This approach, of pressing everyone into panic and rushed votes without time to investigate and debate the merits of opposing ideas, is used when someone feels that the light of day and the scrutiny that debate would bring will not serve their purposes. Everyone needs to slow it down and take a breath, look into what is being proposed and cast an educated vote. Then, may the best ideas win.