Amazing Stimulus

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In a masterpiece of political will, the US congress passed an 1100 page document within 24 hours of its presentation. The ink was still wet on the paper when it was voted on. No one (i repeat) no one read the bill before it was voted on. In fact, to save the Republicans the trouble, the Democrats refused to even allow them to have a copy of the bill prior to the vote.

In a bill that will fundamentally change the relationship of the United States government to its citizens to a greater degree than any single piece of legislation since the Civil War, the bill forced down America's throat with unseemly haste. Once passed, President Obama waited from Friday until today to sign the measure though he state he would sign it even before it had passed. If there was that much time after the passage then what was the original hurry?

Sadly, many economists indicate that there is very little stimulus to be found in the measure despite obligating the US to spend several trillion dollars in new programs over the coming years.