The bailout may be the worst Bush administration proposal ever

I called both (4.00 / 1)

Grassley and Harkins offices this morning and left a message that Iowans want them to look carefully at this.

I also sent emails.

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by: adeldem @ Mon Sep 22, 2008 at 13:11:18 PM CDT

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This will be hard to stop, but the longer people take to look at the details, the better the chance of stopping it.

Invite other Iowa political junkies to join us at Bleeding Heartland.

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by: desmoinesdem @ Mon Sep 22, 2008 at 14:38:31 PM CDT

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Rushing it (4.00 / 1)

The way they are rushing the Bailout reminds me of the way they pushed the Patriot Act so quickly.  It has one classic Bush point and that is his proposal doesn't allow for oversight.  It looks like one last chance for the Bush Chaney cabal to push one more thing through.  The only result will be to enrich the friends of the adminsitration while we get stuck with the bill.

If this thing must pass.  I don't have much hope of the Democrats showing a spine.  They haven't for the last seven years.  Then pay for the bailout by reinstating the estate tax.  And go back to the pre Reagan tax schedule on people making over 200,000 a year.  They are the ones that got the big breaks that caused this mess.  Make them pay for getting out of it.

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by: keith nichols @ Tue Sep 23, 2008 at 21:47:05 PM CDT

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the better the chance of killing this proposal.

I don't want the estate tax revenues to pay for this bailout. I want them to pay for better health care or other programs that will benefit large numbers of people.

I like Barney Frank's proposals for how to pay for this bailout. If they are unacceptable to the firms, let them decline to participate.

Invite other Iowa political junkies to join us at Bleeding Heartland.

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by: desmoinesdem @ Wed Sep 24, 2008 at 11:46:15 AM CDT

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