bloomberg.com— To close out 2009, I decided to do something I bet no member of Congress has done -- actually read from cover to cover one of the pieces of sweeping legislation bouncing around Capitol Hill.
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To address the concern over Saudis and China buying up our houses, why would they want them? There are legal limits on how many of their people can come here and live in them, so why would they buy more than they are now to live in? The other option would be to buy them and rent them, but I think that the price and effort of purchasing and managing rental properties here would be cost prohibitive for them when US citizens could much more easily purchase and manage them as rentals if that's how these properties were to go.
And the control over resources and industries are divided amongst their friends. The people will be put under very strict control by this "new government" to instill "normalization". The punishments for dissent will be severe. Not unlike what has happened in the former Soviet Union. Here they are a decade later and the people are still in a state of crisis with high unemployment.
Barnery Frank is one of the most corrupt politicians in Washington. Remember the bailout of October 2008? Thank Barney Frank. Republicans and Democrats, you can count the honest ones on one hand.
[citation required]And yeah, having to spend money to rebuild a house that was burned down isn't something you blame on the guy having to rebuild it. You blame the guy who burned it down.
The bill is already decided before it ever hits the main floor of congress. Those who had a hand constructing the legislation have already purchased congress for the most part. The debate time is just posturing for most, and a sad attempt to reason with the irrational for the rest. It's really about last minute decisions based on how much outrage politicians sense from voters and how much money they are offered from lobbies and how much pull they need to spend on their fellow bureaucrats and politicians.This would at least spare us the insult of pretending to be about reasoning. It's about money and election. Limiting the debate limits the amount of time MSM can give soundbites to us, which means less time for our input(informed or not). This lets future bills be even more about money and less about election.
Still think government is of the people, by the people and for the people?IMHO its now of the rich, by the sheeple and for the rich.If you voted in Obama because you'd never vote for another Bush-style of government then you got hood-winked.Next time try to find an Independent as it is clear to anyone who looks closely that the Democrats are run by the same group as the Republicans.
srsgd8Dec 31, 2009
To address the concern over Saudis and China buying up our houses, why would they want them? There are legal limits on how many of their people can come here and live in them, so why would they buy more than they are now to live in? The other option would be to buy them and rent them, but I think that the price and effort of purchasing and managing rental properties here would be cost prohibitive for them when US citizens could much more easily purchase and manage them as rentals if that's how these properties were to go.
bille3Dec 31, 2009
And the control over resources and industries are divided amongst their friends. The people will be put under very strict control by this "new government" to instill "normalization". The punishments for dissent will be severe. Not unlike what has happened in the former Soviet Union. Here they are a decade later and the people are still in a state of crisis with high unemployment.
Closed AccountJan 2, 2010
Im sad to say i read that as Banker Gang, but it really doesn't matter now.
ultimisJan 4, 2010
Looks like that might work. Thanks for the link.
turningwormJan 5, 2010
Barnery Frank is one of the most corrupt politicians in Washington. Remember the bailout of October 2008? Thank Barney Frank. Republicans and Democrats, you can count the honest ones on one hand.
m3arvkJan 8, 2010
Casuation != correlation. Just because something conincides with something else doesn't mean the first thing CAUSED the second thing.
m3arvkJan 8, 2010
[citation required]And yeah, having to spend money to rebuild a house that was burned down isn't something you blame on the guy having to rebuild it. You blame the guy who burned it down.
m3arvkJan 8, 2010
Your graph does not show a 4x increase in the deficit in one year. Try again. Also, your numbers aren't right. Bush added approximately five trillion to the debt. Over eight years this would be approximately 600 billion per year in the red. Like I said, your numbers are off.<a class="user" href="http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np" rel="nofollow">http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?applicat ...</a>
kaelyiestaJan 13, 2010
The bill is already decided before it ever hits the main floor of congress. Those who had a hand constructing the legislation have already purchased congress for the most part. The debate time is just posturing for most, and a sad attempt to reason with the irrational for the rest. It's really about last minute decisions based on how much outrage politicians sense from voters and how much money they are offered from lobbies and how much pull they need to spend on their fellow bureaucrats and politicians.This would at least spare us the insult of pretending to be about reasoning. It's about money and election. Limiting the debate limits the amount of time MSM can give soundbites to us, which means less time for our input(informed or not). This lets future bills be even more about money and less about election.
recklessronJan 15, 2010
Still think government is of the people, by the people and for the people?IMHO its now of the rich, by the sheeple and for the rich.If you voted in Obama because you'd never vote for another Bush-style of government then you got hood-winked.Next time try to find an Independent as it is clear to anyone who looks closely that the Democrats are run by the same group as the Republicans.
thespiffJan 19, 2010
You ever see the man debate? I bet that pig is a lot smarter than you.