Cromnibus, the Grinch who stole progress
The American people are blind. We're blind to the real interests of our elected officials. We're blind to the political process that empowers them to protect those interests from public scrutiny. We're blind to the mountains of corporate and special interest dollars that have polluted our government. What's worse, we don't even care.
Two months ago we saw the conclusion to an ugly, contentious, and disheartening election where the popular narrative contends Americans voted for fiscal conservancy, transparency, and change to an obstructive federal government. Congress is supposedly half-full of socialist liberals who force the electorate to accept progressive values they aren't comfortable with and a healthcare law that picks the pocket of every family and retiree in nation. To that logic and flag-waving nonsense I say one thing; Cromnibus.
The U.S. congress just force fed the American taxpayer the most disgusting, destructive law-masked-as-an-appropriation-bill on record, and it's name is Cromnibus. Nevermind the name alone sounds like something stolen from a science fiction novel about a dystopian future akin to Terry Gilliam's Brazil, the $1.1 TRILLION Continuing Resolution OMNIBUS spending bill is rife with special interest misdeeds and backhanded dealing.
Bills like these are the things Congress should be protecting the American populace from. Undercutting our security to ensure profits for shielded corporations. Liberal or conservative, few voters know what the Dodd-Frank law does for them, but if they knew it kept them and their money from being impacted in mega-recessions such as 2008 they would fight their elected official to protect it.
But I'm getting ahead of myself. Have a few minutes? Let John Stewart rip the holiday cheer from your life.
Still not convinced? How about the Washington Post breaking down how investment banks and insurance companies were given a disgustingly free pass on Dodd-Frank and AMA, a.k.a. Obamacare.
And just in case you didn't want to watch, here's a couple of highlights I find particularly egregious:
Two months ago we saw the conclusion to an ugly, contentious, and disheartening election where the popular narrative contends Americans voted for fiscal conservancy, transparency, and change to an obstructive federal government. Congress is supposedly half-full of socialist liberals who force the electorate to accept progressive values they aren't comfortable with and a healthcare law that picks the pocket of every family and retiree in nation. To that logic and flag-waving nonsense I say one thing; Cromnibus.
The U.S. congress just force fed the American taxpayer the most disgusting, destructive law-masked-as-an-appropriation-bill on record, and it's name is Cromnibus. Nevermind the name alone sounds like something stolen from a science fiction novel about a dystopian future akin to Terry Gilliam's Brazil, the $1.1 TRILLION Continuing Resolution OMNIBUS spending bill is rife with special interest misdeeds and backhanded dealing.
Bills like these are the things Congress should be protecting the American populace from. Undercutting our security to ensure profits for shielded corporations. Liberal or conservative, few voters know what the Dodd-Frank law does for them, but if they knew it kept them and their money from being impacted in mega-recessions such as 2008 they would fight their elected official to protect it.
But I'm getting ahead of myself. Have a few minutes? Let John Stewart rip the holiday cheer from your life.
And just in case you didn't want to watch, here's a couple of highlights I find particularly egregious:
- Nearly a half billion dollars given the pentagon it didn't ask for.
- Almost 100 million dollars cut the Woman, Infants, and children program for no reason.
- Dodd-Frank weakened again, now putting Taxpayers put back on the line for big bank bailouts.
- Campaign finance reform in wrong direction, allowing donors to political campaigns to give up to $1.5 million dollars, TEN TIMES THE PREVIOUS LIMIT.
And think you just voted a new congress that can't wait to even more legislation in this vein.
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