Posted by
novelator on Sunday, February 08, 2009 8:37:45 AM
To my way of thinking, all this debate about the so-called stimulus bill being rushed through both the Senate and the House is missing the point. We the People will apparently have billions of dollars in excess spending shoved down our throats, whether we like it or not, yet no one appears ready to tackle the question of how we and our children and their children are going to pay for this.
We will pay, in one form or another, but if not right away, then when and how?
Are the current crop of U.S. Senators and Representatives gambling that they will be out of politics or in the grave by the time the debt comes due? If so, doesn't this speak to their general greed, selfishness and incompetence as a whole, irregardless of party affiliation?
I have written my Senator to ask how we will pay for this, and haven't gotten an answer, not that I ever expected one.
I've read reams of copy here and elsewhere on the matter, saying this so-called stimulus plan is bad and yet we can't seem to come together as a nation long enough to force our Congressmen and women to answer this one simple question--how do you plan to pay for this?
This is the question that needs answered above all. The answer is of the utmost importance for it will determine not only our future, but our children's and their children's.
If any one of us budgeted our money so poorly, we would be homeless. Perhaps it's time for the entire Congress to be turned out to the same.