Reply #92: Because It means that some other people I really respect got their way [View All]

[quakerboy]

I understand Defazio voted against it. I understand Kucinich voted against it. Those are 2 that I trust to be looking out for me far more than Bush and Paulson, or even Pelosi.

I am good when it comes to my personal finances, but I have never had the chance to expand much beyond that, but the more I read the more my initial misgivings are borne out, and I tend toward the its better this way side. Every serious and (in my mind) credible source I have seen said "this bill is a band-aid". It seems to me that it is a very expensive and possibly disabling band aid, when what we need is some sort of surgery, or at least a full sterile bandage and antibiotics.

I guess, I figure that this has at least the potential to work out for the best. The R's have thrown their little temper tantrum. But it is good for us, because they have made clear they are not playing along on this. So now there is No more incentive not to skip the "this is not the bill we would have wanted, but we are working with them" and move on to "the adults are going to actually fix things now, whether you like it or not" stage of negotiation. Hammer out a bill that either costs a lot less or does a lot more for the taxpayers who are funding it.

That is my nontechnical take on it. I don't care what the R's do. I care what the D's do and what ends up happening. And I hope that our representatives will take this oportunity to make a better bill, now that compromise for bipartisanship sake is a proven dud.