Some Washington mentalities -- even at the congressional level -- are slowly grasping that economic stimulus as Obama, Reid, &Co. understand it is a socialist wish list.
So these so-called moderates and conservatives are reverting to a simpler theme -- the warm snuggery of the rain-tight roof and elegant window treatments, i.e. "We must fix housing."
Now, it is quite true that my house is broken. To a rational soul that means that if I stopped all this damned writing and got out the carpentry tools it would be fixed.
My Leaders think it means my Fairy Godmother (probably about a GS16) should wave her wand and make it worth more money. Then I have more "equity." Then I can borrow money against my "equity" and buy stuff. Then Starbucks won't have to peddle value meals. Then we're all rich again, at least until I've spent all my equity again.
"Keep people in their homes." Think about that possessive pronoun.
Supposing I had seen the place where I live, coveted it, and set out to make it "mine." Penniless and witless, I borrowed the down payment and accepted a ruinous mortgage for the rest. I get to move into the place, hang my pictures, and lay down a commode-hugging rug -- any color I want.
But no tortured logic, no further waterboarding of the English language, makes that house "mine."
What I actually have is the monthly right to to send the bank money so I may continue to live in the bank's house. I don't own anything. I suppose that's Ron Paul's fault.
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" Sunlight Before Signing: Too often bills are rushed through Congress and to the president before the public has the opportunity to review them. As president, Obama will not sign any non-emergency bill without giving the American public an opportunity to review and comment on the White House website for five days."
Uh, right...
And the Administration hasn't even abandoned the "War on Terror" as a justification for junking American liberties. I'm sure you've seen the Rahm Emmanuel remarks that anyone on the no-fly list automatically joins the no-gun list, due process of law being, we now learn, merely an interesting artifact of an outmoded republic.
Gee, I wonder if this could apply to anyone we know?
“Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.” -
Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve
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