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wcrjsr4435 9 months ago
"Clowns to the left of me,
Jokers to the right, Here I am,
Stuck in the middle with you." Stealers Wheel

Seldom read a post that doesn't use the traditional whipping boys of welfare recipient, immigrants. I think I read all the posts carefully and I don't remember mentioning the politicians, big business, et al that hire teams of accountants to get them out of paying a dime in taxes. Probably an oversight.

By the way, I've served my country most of my life and am disabled by the sliver of jungle. Just try to take away my right to vote if for some reason I am not obligated to pay taxes!
wcrjsr4435 9 months ago
Moosedapoop as have most has hit it right on the mark. However this slipping other issues that have no relevance into a bill just to get one passed is ludicrous and it's nothing but plea bargaining. It must stop and it's not limited to liberals. Pulling stunts like adding carrying firearms in national parks onto a critical credit issue is insane. What does one have to do with the other? Let's get a Constitutional Amendment to outlaw such assinine ways of doing such important business. While we're at it, let's get an amendment that Congress cannot grant itself a pay raise; the people decide on that. It's sickening the way this government works and it's going to get worse before it gets better. I love the post of placing bills on the airwaves which coincides with my earlier recommendation. Keep up the good work my fellow Americans. Bill Cody
wcrjsr4435 9 months ago
At the onset I believe a vote of thanks is in order to those folks that have tirelessly devoted their time to the creation of this effort. I have been reading additional comments and Boy, what a group of Americans. I was in a bit of a rush during my last post and I would like to thank some of you for covering some items I failed to include, one of which was the proposals being presented in PLAIN ENGLISH. Ever tried to follow legislation through all the steps? It is chuck full of legalese. Know why, with a few exceptions all of Congress and state, county and local bodies are comprised of guess what--LAWYERS! They just can't resist a bunch of wheretos, hereunders, heretofores, hereafters; enough to drive one nuts. They don't need that, it's just their nature from law school. These entities could be in plain English. Insurance companies I believe pioneered this approach. It could be done, again, if they really wanted to but that keeps us in a state of confusion so we have to hire a lawyer to interpret. Anyway, in closing, I am going to so enjoy this site as I am a card-carrying activist. I am still on a one-person campaign to right a wrong. Why over so many years of delighting children and adults was Bob Keesham, aka Captain Kangaroo never promoted to Major? Everyone have a good evening. Yours, Bill Cody
wcrjsr4435 9 months ago
As a constituent of Congressman John A. Boehner I am accutely interested in what he proposes concerning the legislative process and overall conduct of the government. While the proposed 72 hour review period is certainly a noble idea, even Representative Conyers I believe admitted that "We don't read all of this stuff put in front of us," it is a far cry from what is needed. Probably since the inception of this Republic more bills have been slipped through under the noses of the American people than you would want to be cognizant of and that is frightening! The most recent incident in history has been the disastrous farce of Iraq/Afgan Gate. Knee-jerk responses just don't get it. Congress is not composed of representatives as it is supposed to be; it is a body of agents acting on their own. They don't listen and respond to us except in a put on a show method. Not enough time is 72 hours Congressman. What if we don't have the time in our busy, complicated lives to get the opportunity to review these bills? We could be ill, on vacation, television and/or computer out of service, etc. All the more reason to defeat the proposed bill to allow the President to shut down the Internet. We need a system that continually pipes in to Americans what these legislators and others are up to and allow much more time before they act. Congress loves to spend our money. Hell, we all have deep pockets and orchards of money trees. Like in the halls of the Capitol we need to be able to press a button, yea or nay to proposals. It could be done if they wanted to. I'm afraid I must in clear conscience extend a thumbs down on this as it is a superficial attempt at transparency, the latest brilliant concept to emerge. Respectfully submitted, Bill Cody, named after the infamous.