DeMarCaTionVille

Hank Hayes covered the Rogersville/Hawkins County Chamber of Commerce legislative breakfast Saturday morning, where  Phil Roe discussed the stimulus bill.

“We got it at 9 o’clock yesterday morning and voted at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon,” Roe said of the bill. “No one has read this bill. I can promise you not one senator, not one representative in the United States Congress has read that.”

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The federal government, Roe said, can’t keep up with disbursements from the multibillion-dollar financial industry bailout passed by Congress last year.

“If I sent my kids to McDonald’s with a hundred dollar bill and they bought a couple hamburgers, I’d want to know where the change is. … Right now we don’t know where the (bailout) change is,” Roe said.

Full report here.

(A.)  I think I might love this guy.  Of course,  my loyalty is fickle and  crushes usually short-lived,  so I wouldn’t read to much into it.  (B.)  While I won’t disagree that some form of stimulus was necessary  (all the experts say so)  there’s still some un-stimulating expenditures wrapped up in this bill.  Remember all that talk about the scalpel and axe…  (3.)  [Obama] has scheduled a “fiscal-responsibility summit” on Feb. 23 and will
unveil a budget blueprint three days later, crafted to put pressure on
politicians to address the country’s surging long-term debt crisis.  AUGH! and  (quatro)  Will  Heath Shuler just become a damn Republican already?

Now, back to the bailout:  sent by Pops and posted for your weekend amusement.