PP
yes it goes both ways, and if there wasn't a recession and financial crisis/panic to rival the great depression then this discussion would be different and I might be alot closer to agreeing with you than you think.
You can't pretend that the circumstances don't factor into the equation though. They couldn't allow the perfect to be the enemy of the good. You're going to be able to find fault with just about any piece of legislation or spending bill if you look hard enough.
Acting fast was as much a matter of restoring confidence as much as it was about trying to get the stimulus money into the economy as quickly as possible.
Taking time to "discuss and debate" in this instance, was just code for "give us some time to pick this apart on cable news so we can block it altogether".....which is really the same tack the republicans are trying to take on health care right now.
The whole "this isn't the right time to be passing a massive government health overhaul"...as if the republicans would ever think there was a good time for such a thing.
They just want to stall for time so they can try to find a way to shift the momentum of the debate.
Obama didn't let that happen with the stimulus and he's not going to let it happen with health care reform.
