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- paintgrl, on 09/20/2008, -0/+12Is the sky falling yet. I wish this was all a fairy tale. So freaking bad!!!BAD BAD!!
- northwatuppa, on 09/20/2008, -0/+12No wonder Bush came out so quick in support of it. It makes the rich even richer.
- temptxan, on 09/20/2008, -0/+11Regardless of party, this bill should concern all Americans. It contains the following provision:
Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.
Could any provision circumvent the oversight responsibility of congress? Isn't this exactly what got us into this mess? - sasherathome, on 09/20/2008, -0/+9Insane... Give this President and administration absolute power to do whatever they want with ANOTHER $700 billion, to buy off the folks on Wall Street that got us into this mess. Absolutely insane.
If you want anything left of your economy (or want your government or grandchildren to have any money whatsoever) by the time November comes round -- CALL YOUR CONGRESSMEN!!! - BishkekBuddy, on 09/20/2008, -0/+8Everyone needs to call, write, email, visit, BOMBARD their Senators and Representatives and GET THEM TO STOP THIS MADNESS!!!!
- inactive, on 09/20/2008, -0/+4The real question is why are the Congressional Dems going along with it? Haven't they been conned enough by this regime? Haven't they learned their lesson yet?
- future15tbd, on 09/21/2008, -0/+2The entire Paulson plan is only 3 pages - only 839 words! More than $900 million per word.
Section 8 is the most amazing and probably the most expensive. On the third page, it states:
"Sec. 8. Review.
Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency." - peheimbach, on 09/21/2008, -0/+2Two comments from the Comments section below the article (over on Kos)
1. "Tote" says "I just Called Dodd's Office (99+ / 0-)
Apparently it's just a draft, and the staffer I spoke with conceded that it is a very large transfer of unchecked power. He laughed out loud when I said I didn't trust the Bush administration with that much power. He wouldn't say what Dodd's position was on the bill as written, however; only that it's very fluid. It's worth making these calls, folks.[end]
So we need -- for now -- to stick with calling these two people:
Senator Charlies Schumer (202) 224-6542,
Email Submission Page -- http://schumer.senate.gov/SchumerWebsite/contact/w ...
Senator Chris Dodd (202) 224-2823,
Email Submission Page -- http://dodd.senate.gov/index.php?q=node/3128
2. "Unstable Isotope" says "I guess I'm a wet blanket (24+ / 0-)
I don't think it is very funny at all. I'm definitely in favor of some kind of intervention - but unchecked power to Bush appointees? Absolutely not. Brownie anyone?" [end]
"You're doin' a heckuva job, er, Hankie!" - Kangalanatolian, on 09/22/2008, -0/+1If we legalized competing currencies, as per Ron Paul, these clowns would just be printing themselves out of business.
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