Guest Columnist: J. Dori Callahan
“The idea that even the brightest person or group of bright people, much less the U.S. Congress, can wisely manage an economy has to be the height of arrogance and conceit. Why? Because it is impossible for anyone to possess the knowledge that would be necessary for such an undertaking.”
Economist Walter E. Williams.
This statement pretty much says it all. Not only does Congress lack the ability to do what needs to be done, they did not even read the Stimulus bill prior to passing it. Such audacity borders on insanity, and the taxpayers are left with the results of a mass blunder made by the leaders of the nation.
Congress rushed to pass this unread critical bill that was over a thousand pages long in just two days…after which it sat on the President’s desk for three days while the Obamas’ were away on a vacation.
Shouldn’t such a bill spending such a vast amount of taxpayer money have just the slightest bit of scrutiny by all of Congress, including Republicans? Apparently no one in this administration thinks reading bills prior to passing them is essential.
“The amount of money involved (in the stimulus bill) is staggering. With 90 million tax filers who actually pay taxes, the 787 billion means the average taxpayer will pay over $8,700. By itself adding $8,700 to the average tax bill should get everyone’s attention. But that on top of everything else we are spending this year (this year’s deficit is already about $1.7 trillion…almost $19,000 per taxpayer.”
Economist John Lott.
Isn’t anyone out there paying attention to what is actually happening in this floundering economy? This Congress has completely dropped the ball on protecting the people of this nation. They were the liberals that created this crisis with the pushing of the sub-prime mortgages to people who could not pay. Now the rest of us are required to pay the bill for that mistake as they continue to build on their flawed ideals.
As my husband says, “We should have voted them all out when we had the opportunity.” Now we can only watch as the country struggles to survive.
“The idea that even the brightest person or group of bright people, much less the U.S. Congress, can wisely manage an economy has to be the height of arrogance and conceit. Why? Because it is impossible for anyone to possess the knowledge that would be necessary for such an undertaking.”
Economist Walter E. Williams.
This statement pretty much says it all. Not only does Congress lack the ability to do what needs to be done, they did not even read the Stimulus bill prior to passing it. Such audacity borders on insanity, and the taxpayers are left with the results of a mass blunder made by the leaders of the nation.
Congress rushed to pass this unread critical bill that was over a thousand pages long in just two days…after which it sat on the President’s desk for three days while the Obamas’ were away on a vacation.
Shouldn’t such a bill spending such a vast amount of taxpayer money have just the slightest bit of scrutiny by all of Congress, including Republicans? Apparently no one in this administration thinks reading bills prior to passing them is essential.
“The amount of money involved (in the stimulus bill) is staggering. With 90 million tax filers who actually pay taxes, the 787 billion means the average taxpayer will pay over $8,700. By itself adding $8,700 to the average tax bill should get everyone’s attention. But that on top of everything else we are spending this year (this year’s deficit is already about $1.7 trillion…almost $19,000 per taxpayer.”
Economist John Lott.
Isn’t anyone out there paying attention to what is actually happening in this floundering economy? This Congress has completely dropped the ball on protecting the people of this nation. They were the liberals that created this crisis with the pushing of the sub-prime mortgages to people who could not pay. Now the rest of us are required to pay the bill for that mistake as they continue to build on their flawed ideals.
As my husband says, “We should have voted them all out when we had the opportunity.” Now we can only watch as the country struggles to survive.
This article was originally published in The Culpeper-Star Exponent
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