Politics and Fear

I suppose it’s a game of chicken between the United States Senate and the people of America. Rather than taking their time to carefully assess the problem and receive the non-partisan recommendations of others they have continued the scare tactics.

The bill the Senate passed and the house is considering is bad for many of the same reasons as the previous bill, but the glaring failure of both houses is their unwillingness to conduct proper due diligence and a basic ethical conflicts check.

Although some politicians on both sides of the aisle are calling for a careful review, despite the fear mongering.

Since many of us have given this problem more consideration than those who wrote the poorly crafted legislation perhaps we’re succumbing to temptation by even debating something so hastily thrown together.

The proper thing may have been to simply reject such a sophomoric Congressional response outright.

If we had mirrored their actions a march on D.C. would have occurred before any vote took place, but we were patient and we waited. We hoped our politicians would make the right choice and put the people first.

Although there was little evidence of that happening in the past.

If this were a lawsuit many of our tainted leaders would have to recuse themselves for conflicts of interest. For example, Chris Dodd, Barney Frank, and Henry Paulson would not be at the helm of these discussions.

The American people need someone who will represent their best interests and not the best interests of Henry Paulson, Chris Dodd, and Barney Frank, their corporate contributors, and former banking colleagues.

Writing a blank check to Henry Paulson is simply not the solution. If this bill passes it will be time for a bipartisan trip to Washington D.C. where the American people show up on at the steps of Congress and demand their money back.

The time for empty words and shallow promises are almost over – but there is still one last chance for Congress to get it right.

Let’s hope they do.