Two words for our Congress : S-L-O-W D-O-W-N....

[kentuck]

Do not let this Treasury Secretary or this White House rush you into doing anything at this time. The stock market has gone up 4 days in a row. No good decisions are made in a rush or panic.

It's time to hold a hearing and an investigation. Find out what the hell is going on before you make a decision on anything. Find out how the money is going to be spent. Find out how the money has already been spent. Let us see the records. It is our money and we have the right to ask for an accounting. It is as simple as that. You represent us, the People, and we expect you to be thorough and to ask tough questions and know the facts before you give away such huge sums of money.

[frogcycle]

1. k

[SammyWinstonJack]

2. Hasn't that ship already sailed?

...and to ask tough question and know the facts before you give away such huge sums of money. :shrug:

[kentuck]

3. No.

They still have $350 billion of the $700 billion that they must approve before Paulson can spend it.

[SammyWinstonJack]

5. My mistake.

:blush: I agree with you.

[lib2DaBone]

4. Agree. You would think that highly paid politicians would know this...

.... Congress has been absent in any sane ruling , during the last 8 years. The Iraq War, The Patriot Act, Prisoner Torture. NO ONE in CONgress gives a crap. We need to start indicting these CONgress members as the criminals that they are.

[charlie]

6. If he mentions martial law again

they need to arrest and jail the fucker for attempted extortion.

[Telly Savalas]

7. Somewhat to the contrary, I'd argue that they need to hurry the fuck up

and do the things you list in the second paragraph of the OP.

There are a lot of badly needed reforms, and President Paulson doesn't lookh like he's going to take action by himself.

[Child_Of_Isis]

8. It's time to hold a hearing and an investigation.

That's way too much work for Congress.

[onethatcares]

9. yeah, it's time to act like

your crackhead friend called and needs a couple of hundred to pay the rent. Needs it NOW....

[baldguy]

10. Especially Bush's treasury.

Take everything they give you with a few dashes of salt - if they give you a report it's probably full of lies, if there's a road map in place it'll sure hit all the potholes.

A lot of the effort put out by the Obama Administration - at least to start - will be to re-do everything the Bush Regime did.