In our Madness Chronicles episode 51, we’ll take a look at the madness of the congressional spending process. Remember, insanity is a state of serious mental illness, extremely foolish behavior, and a form of frenzied or chaotic activity. Let’s look at some really maddening things in the current Congress where they don’t even know what they’re voting on.
In December, the House released a 5,593-page COVID relief bill, telling House members they had two hours to read it before voting. If you read at a rate of 1 page per minute and never take a break, it would take you over 90 hours to read the bill. That’s not taking notes and understanding what you read.
In 2011 the average book was 473 pages. As of the last issues of 2017, the average book page count is 267 pages. Think of the ‘stimulus’ bill mentioned above. To repeat, there are 5,593 pages, which would be letter-size pages, not book-size. For the sake of discussion, if the stimulus bill was put on the average book, it would become 21 books.
So, fellow citizens, ask for a copy before you vote to put our great-grandchildren in debt with a load of $1.4 trillion. Here they come with a box of books that would fill five of your children’s backpacks. Give them a quick read. It would be like going to his mechanic about a problem with his car, and he hands you a 50-page list of things he needs to do. He says, look at it; you have 5 minutes, and the cost is on the last page $100 thousand. These are the ones elected by the people.
The Appropriations Clause of Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution clearly calls for and requires transparency. We live in the internet age; it’s all within the reach of anyone with a computer and a little knowledge of where to look. That’s anything but the ruling class goings-on that we’ve allowed to take over Washington.
Our original Constitution, written by brilliant men, was captured in just 4 pages. Even with amendments, just fill out a pamphlet. Today the men and women we have in Congress who are not worthy to edit the works of Washington, Jefferson and Franklin want to ‘cancel’ them. They want to destroy your history while driving our Republic off the face of the earth.
Senator Rand Paul, one of perhaps two Congressmen worthy of the name today, had this to say: “Too often in Congress, legislation passes without hearings, amendments, or debate. If we are going to answer to the American people, we must pay a lot of attention to pay attention to the legislation we pass.
The year 2020 will go down in history as the year of the death of our Republic. The American people are too busy, too ignorant of the Constitution and the difference between a Republic and a Democracy to care. We’re happy to express our outrage at Colin Kapernaek and his destruction of the NFL, but we can’t wait until next Sunday to see them play to empty stands to the noise of the crowd. Honey, make sure you buy chips and dips and don’t forget your mask. Mucking Fadness at its finest.
May we wake up from this madness before it’s too late. I wish you good health and until next time, have fun, enjoy life and beware of the madness among us. it’s 2020; Look around; It is scandalous
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