A Socialist Valentines
firstly happy valentines day to all (and a happy birthday to mother zampella). it is currently winter break for pace law school, so im enjoying some quiet time not reading appellate briefs until the wee hours of the night. unfortunately i have a feeling break will end sooner rather than later, but hopefully as the semester has already flown by so fast, the rest of the semester should progress at the same pace. i have also been busy with my musical endeavors on the side, but there will be more about that in other posts. for now though back to valentines day.
unfortunately for many individuals in todays troubling times it is not exactly the happiest valentines day. despite a national outcry Congress has decided to pass a massive nearly 800 something page stimulus bill that will force people like me, my fellow bloggers, and America's youth to pay back over 1 trillion dollars ($1,000,000,000,000 in case you've never seen it before). for years to come my generation will be forced to suffer the debt incurred by the passing of this bill. Now one must remember this is simply the first of the many expensive bills that are going to be passed by Congress to fix our economy; in addition to the recently passed stimulus bill, the White House will soon be announcing a bill to fix the housing/mortgage crisis as well as a bill to fix the banking crisis, and rest assured neither of these will be cheap.
now i understand our economy is in trouble and needs a fix but useless spending will not fix it. while many of the programs included in the stimulus bills are worthwhile programs, they should go through the appropriate means to implement them as opposed to piling them into a rushed bill. speaking of rushed bills, how many of our elected representatives in Congress do you believe actually read the stimulus bill that was printed the night before it was voted on and is 800 something pages long; some Congressional leaders have even admitted that neither they nor their staff were able to read the entire bill before it was voted on.
now if the stimulus bill is meant to help all Americans who are hurting in the economy, why do many of the programs place limits on who they apply to and why are many of the programs aimed toward specific demographics. the economic crisis has widespread effects. not only is Joe Just Lost His Job Smith suffering but so is Sally Generic Middle Name McGee. our government has slowly began to lay the groundwork for America to turn into a socialist nation. wealth has become a hot topic in America with the economic crisis and there is the misconstrued impression that the wealthy sitting on their high and mighty cloud are not affected. i admit that perhaps Joe Just Lost His Job Smith might be in more dire financial needs, but it is important to remember the economic crisis affects us all. taking 250,000 dollars from Monty Moneybags and giving it to Sally Generic Middle Name McGee will help Sally but hurt Monty, yet we look the other way about hurting Monty because hes done well for himself, he should be able to do well again.
now i understand some of you might be thinking hey this is supposed to be a blog about life after connecticut college for these recent graduates. heres the big shocker of the whole thing, this is life after connecticut college (aka the real world). politics have often been lost on the younger generation (yes a broad generalization, don't hate). it is time to wake up and realize politics and what goes on in Washington affects each and every one of us so we should be paying attention and voicing our opinions so that our nation, founded on the principles of democracy, continues to thrive and does not wilt away.