congress

After searching diligently for the past several years I have found a corollary between the average person and a congressman. Congress over the years has passed a number of so called consumer protection plans that are for the common man. This means that when you buy a house you have thirty pages of documents to sign, none of which make sense and would only be understood if you had two lawyers by your side interpreting. The result is that you sign the papers and worry about what they mean later. Congress has now passed national health care and financial reform both of which were over 2000 pages that no one read and members concluded that they will figure out what these bills mean after they are in force.



Quote from Congressman Conyers regarding health care bill.



“I love these members, they get up and say, ‘Read the bill,’” said Rep. John Conyers. “What good is reading the bill if it’s a thousand pages and you don’t have two days and two lawyers to find out what it means after you read the bill?”



Quote from Nancy Palosi regarding heath care bill.



But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy.





Quote from Senator Dodd after passing the finance bill



“It’s a great moment. I’m proud to have been here,” said a teary-eyed Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.), who as chairman of the Senate Banking Committee led the effort in the Senate. “No one will know until this is actually in place how it works.



Do you find it a little unnerving that we are acting like congressmen?