The Uninformed People of the USA

President Obama speaks about his efforts to convince Republicans to support his Recovery and Reinvestment plan 'In some cases they are not as familiar with the package as I would like.'

  647 pages.

  What about us the American People how are we supposed to get familiar with the bill?

  Isn't that part of Democracy to be able to know what your government is actually voting on so that you can notify your 'representative' if you feel that you are opposed or in favor.

  I guess I am naive. This form of Government has been going on for years and years now. Just because Obama is bringing it to the highest levels of a lack information combined with general complexity of the document itself shouldn't cause me to get so frustrated. After all..

  Why is it my business to know what roads and highways and bridges are now going to be repaired in California? Why is it my business to know what and where and how big are the wastewater plants that will be built in California? Why should I be concerned that all my medical records are now going to be centralized & computerized for the benefit of me? Why should I be concerned that we are going to be doubling available Alternative Energy (Yeah Baby!) though no one has told me where or what is going to be built? Why should I be concerned about the 'Smart meters' that no one knows anything about that will monitor energy use in our homes? And on and on know one knows what is in this bill.

  

  I went to look at the official ' Whitehouse ' web site looking for finally a rough outline of what this bill is. There isn't one that I could find. President Obama is setting up a new website to keep us informed about this bill. I found that out while looking on the Whitehouse website Thank you President Obama. It is called www.recovery.gov.

  Here's what he has to say.

 

 I guess that is the way business is done. That's Democracy reaching for the next level. If you thought Bush was Orwellian welcome to our brand new transparent world. 'An unprecedented effort to root out waste, inefficiency, and unnecesary spending in our government.' Bravo. Please don't be a rude American and actually ask to see how your taxpayer dollars are going to be spent before you approve what may be the most brilliant plan the Government has ever created or might be the worst collection of BS and a monumental waste of our money. A debt to be paid back some day of $825 Billion, no problem, just vote Yes and have Faith and more important have Hope.

 Argghhh... Just when we felt like we were winning and we are losing again.

 Guy (What do I know?) W. Meyer, Jr.

  Yahoo ... Rev up the Bulldozers, back on track tearing up the Planet!