Wednesday, February 18, 2009
The Stimulus Plan
President Obama in his speech promised a five day “sunlight” period before the signing of any bill. The president said that he wanted to introduce more sunlight into the lawmaking process and he was going to do this by posting non-emergency legislation online for five days before singing it. He decided to have this wait period before the signing of the bill for public comments and concerns. With the first bill he signed he broke this promise. To hind the fact that the promise was broken Obama said that, "Since this version of the bill is expected to pass the House of Representatives in the coming week, we are making the legislation available for public comment now." Yet the legislation was still in process in Congress at the time. Luckily there was no significant changes made but if that happened he would have not lived up to his five-day waiting period had had promised. Do you feel that it was a good choice to break the promise made with the first bill passed?
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I think that Obama should not have promised something he wasn't 100% positive he could keep. This isn't campaigning anymore, and breaking promises is not acceptable. I'm sure he had at least a good idea that the bill would be passed by the House because of the overwhelming Democratic support, so the promise should never have been made. However, I do believe that he was smart in rushing right into this stimulus bill. The country has been waiting years for someone to rebuild the economy, and waiting any longer would turn this recession into a depression. The stimulus bill was something that needed to be past, and quickly, but Obama should never have done it as fast when he promised his people a five-day chance to voice their comments and concerns.
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