[joanie-f]

Bad as this bill is, the alternative is worse.

I'm afraid I can't agree, JRochelle.

Even if not passing legislation results in Depression-like economic conditions, we will have at least avoided the implementation of major portions of the socialist agenda (which are never reversible), and we will have avoided rewarding the massive, widespread criminal behavior that got us here in the first place.

Sometimes a flood of Biblical proportions is needed in order to get a people back on track. That the innocent have to suffer along with the guilty is unfortunate, but at least the end result is triumph over evil.

~ joanie

[PerConPat]

Even if not passing legislation results in Depression-like economic conditions, we will have at least avoided the implementation of major portions of the socialist agenda (which are never reversible)...

The bailout may or may not prevent "Depression-Like" conditions. The votes, last evening, of Senators Tom Coburn and Bill Nelson demonstrated how confused the matter has become. A Conservative for and a Liberal against the Dodd Amendment...

In spite of what is done or not done, however, "Depression-like" conditions- should they result- will certainly bring about the implementation of a new era of Socialist meddling in our lives. That was the case in the throws of the last depression; and it would be in another, as well.