Thought of the day

From Dan Riehl....

Whether one is in business, health care, fire rescue or anything else, when an imminent and dangerous threat arises, the SOP - or what's common place is left to wait. So why isn't the Congress acting like there's an emergency?

Obama has admitted that much of this new spending has nothing to do with a short-term economic stimulus for the country. If the situation is so critical as to warrant this type of additional emergency spending on top of the trillions that have already been spent, the responsible thing for Washington to do would be to include only those items that are relevant to creating jobs and getting the nation back on its feet.

If the politicians in Washington won't do the right thing and support a plan like that, there's no reason for the American people to trust them with spending this money. If there's an emergency, they should start acting like it, instead of the usual bunch of pigs at the trough.

And if Republicans have any sense, or principles left at all, they won't support a package that obviously hasn't been done right.