Tuesday, November 25, 2003
"Can't Anybody Here Legistate This Game?"
Anti-Spam Bill Draws Mixed Reaction0 comments
Let's see...
Here is an anti-spam law that will not reduce the level of spam and, like any good Republican bill, it actually gives the green light to hordes of companies who've avoided spamming up to now. And to paraphrase the gun lobbyists who extol their weapon of choice: when you criminalize the use of spam, only criminals will have spam.
Next, the Republicans have given us an energy bill that is supposed to fix our electicity demands for years to come, except that most of the money is to be funneled into the Energy Companies, who will then raise rates to consumers.
Then, there's the Medicare bill, which is trying to save seniors money by, ultimately, having them pay more for drugs and all their other costs, while the drug and health sector firms pocket the cash, and generations of Americans pay the tab.
Also, there's the popular "No Child Left Behind" school bill—which remains unfunded—which forces school districts to both jettison their lowest, most-at-risk, fringe students to the arms of the street, and to cook the books so that the numbers of school assaults—a verifying number for Federal support—will appear normal, even though the number of assaults on students and teachers has mushroomed.
This warm and fuzzy session of Congress has exelled at keeping everyone focused on the bauble part of each of these bills. But NYers know that were there to be any real meat in these bills, conservatives would lose their current image as the "get tough" guy and the "get it done" guy.
This is really dumb-show. And we really can't afford to keep these guys past 2004.
posted by Gotham 3:45 AM
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