Friday, October 30, 2009

1,990 page health care reform bill--on line for 72 hours

Bob C. writes: "Why so many pages and who, in just 72 hours, could even hope to read it let alone understand it??!! If asked and told not to lie, how many in Congress could honestly tell you they had read ALL of it and UNDERSTOOD all of it??

This is a big deal folks and somehow, no matter how it turns out (this way, that way, anyway) I have a distinct feeling that a year or two from now a LOT of people (more than a simple majority) will be saying "Oh s___!! What have we done this time??" Look back at the history of such things and list the positive results from government programs like this. A small Post-it pad should do. And after the fact, how many of the negatives have EVER been corrected??"

Jack Cafferty of CNN notes the length of other important documents for comparison.
  • The original draft of the 1935 Economic Security Act, which established the Social Security Administration was 64 pages

  • The Civil Rights Act of 1964 - forbidding discrimination based on race and sex: 8 pages

  • The 19th amendment to the Constitution, giving Women the right to vote in 1920: 1 page

  • The Emancipation Proclamation, with which Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves in 1863: 5 pages

  • Or, if you really want to get back to basics: The Declaration of independence came in at 1 page in 1776

  • And the Constitution: 4 pages long in 1787

  • Health care reform, Pelosi version - almost 2,000 pages.

9 comments:

Scooterlib said...

I don't know. How many can say they have read all the Bible and UNDERSTAND it all?

Norma said...

Martin Luther said "When I was young, I read the Bible over and over and over again, and was so perfectly acquainted with it, that I could, in an instant, have pointed to any verse that might have been mentioned." If a child can do, you can too. Although I have no idea what your point is. Speed readers can do this bill in 72 hours, but I doubt that Congress or the general public can. Transparency. Another Obama lie. Obama lied; trees died.

Anonymous said...

This blog is a Reader's Digest of negativity.

Norma said...

Anon--welcome back, I've missed your negative, complaining comments here. You do, however, always have good grammar and spelling reflecting your good taste in coming back so often.

Sandra @ Thistle Cove Farm said...

I think you'd be hard put to find any Senator who has read even one-third of the dratted thing. As to understanding it...they only understand the pork they and their constituents will receive. A female representative here in VA tells people who are visiting her Richmond offices, "If you're not my constituent, I'm not talking to you."
Nice.
Did yo mama teach you those "manners?"

Anonymous said...

Perhaps Cavuto's mama taught her those manners.

Norma said...

Yes, let's compare people paid to have opinions to those paid to represent Americans in Congress. What a silly comment Anon 1159. Whether we like it or not, that representative from VA impacts our lives here in Ohio, across the nation, and certainly in other districts in her own state. If you don't like Cavuto, turn off the TV. At least he doesn't get thrills up his leg when Obama speaks or call 50% of the American people stupid.

Anonymous said...

Norma, as much as I would love to claim credit for that comment from Anonymous 8:54. It wasn't from me, your old regular Anonymous.

I do appreciate you welcoming me back though.

Norma said...

Here anon, there anon. You all sound alike!