What's the Hurry?

What's the big rush in trying to get the Senate to pass this stimulus package? From what I've seen, we can do without it. From what I've heard many Senators say, they agree.

Is as if we have to hurry and get this thing passed and adopted or we won't have enough money to fund it - at least that's how they're acting. There might be some truth to that.

One thing is very clear from this bill, and that is that there are so many earmarks in this bill that any stimulus that might have been in there is overshadowed. I question the need for new legislation to stimulate the economy anyway. If it's a lending issue, just get the banks to let go of some of that massive amount of cash they received from the also ill-advised TARP.

The second thing that is clear from this bill is that we can't afford it.

The third thing that is not quite so clear but appears to be the case is that it will not do anything except flood the market with government money over the next several years. Job creation would be incidental, and restoring consumer confidence doesn't seem to be anything but rhetoric.

Haste makes waste, and so does Congress.

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