Threats for going against the party...

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

I said it in post # 5:

Ok, I thought someone had already said it. Plus, I think that some of these Congressmen and women are doing what their constituents want. There are a lot of citizens who don't want this stimulus bill, because they're worried about the costs and future impact.

Originally Posted by a.e.B.O.T.

I never said anything about 95 bills, I think we all can agree with the ridiculousness of that. What needs to be done is a few democrats going across the table with a few republicans to make one bill. I think the creation of a bill of this magnitude requires consideration from multiple angles.

It's already been said, but this is a seriously polarizing issue. It almost seems like you're proposing some quick compromise bill, just for the sake of bipartisan support and getting a stimulus quickly enacted.

[a.e.B.O.T.]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

It's already been said, but this is a seriously polarizing issue. It almost seems like you're proposing some quick compromise bill, just for the sake of bipartisan support and getting a stimulus quickly enacted.

By saying we need to act fast, we I meant we need to act now. I believe it doing it right. Not half-assed, and it has happened before. I just don't think it is something we sit on for the next couple of months, thinking hey, someone should do something... Secondly, I do not think bi-partisanship is such a far fetched idea. Look at Senator Lugar. He is a well respected republican, not too moderate, who has reached across the table several times to great success. It can be done. As much as they seem fucked up by the Gotcha media... I have a feeling that 30 dems and 30 repubs. actually can find something they all can agree on...

What is the other option? What we have now... a bill that appeals to just more than half of America, at the expense of a trillion dollars for a poor economy, which will rely on confidence from the American people that they are ok to be consumers again... and that is not going to happen.