Re Stimulus Bill [orig. sent to NPR’s Diane Rehm Show]
The panic being shown by [legislative] Democrats … is hurting their cause. They are forcing this behemoth through and shutting down too much debate in the center.
The level of hostility and arrogance shown by leftist Dems is undermining support for the bill by the hour.
Many centrists want this bill broken up into at least two parts: relief (transfer payments) and reinvestment (infrastructure and other targeted spending). These areas should be hammered out separately.
Giving this unprecendented [scale of] power and money to technocrats coupled with such little accountability and reform is a potential disaster in the making.
Thank you,
--[Name Withheld] in Silver Spring [Wheaton], Maryland
[Senator Mikulski et al., I have been a loyal Democrat all my life; I switched to unaffiliated / independent this January because I fear that “hope” and “change” [are] not translating into dialogue and reform under the current incarnation of the Democratic Party. Please do not ignore your progressive centrist constituents. There are more of us out there than you may think.]
The panic being shown by [legislative] Democrats … is hurting their cause. They are forcing this behemoth through and shutting down too much debate in the center.
The level of hostility and arrogance shown by leftist Dems is undermining support for the bill by the hour.
Many centrists want this bill broken up into at least two parts: relief (transfer payments) and reinvestment (infrastructure and other targeted spending). These areas should be hammered out separately.
Giving this unprecendented [scale of] power and money to technocrats coupled with such little accountability and reform is a potential disaster in the making.
Thank you,
--[Name Withheld] in Silver Spring [Wheaton], Maryland
[Senator Mikulski et al., I have been a loyal Democrat all my life; I switched to unaffiliated / independent this January because I fear that “hope” and “change” [are] not translating into dialogue and reform under the current incarnation of the Democratic Party. Please do not ignore your progressive centrist constituents. There are more of us out there than you may think.]
