I will still call my reps from time to time and ask why they voted for indefensible bills and against good ones, but if they tell me lies about how they were protecting me, I will routinely say, "But since everyone already knows that's a lie, what's the real reason?" In fact, I think we should have a postcard campaign in which we write to our reps and say something similar. "Dear ___ ____, When I called your office and asked why you supported the FISA bill, I was told that we need it to protect us and the new version protects our civil liberties. Since everyone knows that this is a lie, please tell me the real reason you supported it." (Copy it to your nearest local and national papers.) They won't answer, but they should be told they're not fooling anyone
In fact, I think we should have a postcard campaign in which we write to our reps and say something similar. "Dear ___ ____, When I called your office and asked why you supported the FISA bill, I was told that we need it to protect us and the new version protects our civil liberties. Since everyone knows that this is a lie, please tell me the real reason you supported it." (Copy it to your nearest local and national papers.) They won't answer, but they should be told they're not fooling anyone
I don't want to be lied to OR taken as an ignorant yahoo. I want a real answer to the questions and concerns I have about SPECIFIC portions of that bill. If I can take the time to try to understand a piece of legislation they should take the time to come up with answers.
But that's not the way it works. Instead we are insulted and/or lied to.
Long story short, this dumbass is asked a pointed question or two about why the Fogh II regime wants to cut the stipends for students virtually in half and (almost) replace the cutbacks with "incentives programs" (which is, of course, newspeak for favouring the already privileged). This supercilious little bizniz school student replies something along the lines of "we're just moving a few commas, is it really something to get so worked up about?" and goes back to talking about something that wasn't on the agenda.
Colour me pissed off.
- Jake If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.
