Money for the powerful in spending bill
Well, Congress has approved a $1.1 trillion spending bill. There is money for everybody … I mean the powerful … in it.
The amendment to roll back parts of the Dodd-Frank provision that places limits on big banks will lead to more too-big-to-fail bailouts using our tax dollars. There is an amendment to let more money go into campaigns, especially by big-money donors. The worst provision would allow employers to cut pensions by up to 30 percent.
Also, there is an amendment about some grouse in some western states not being put on the endangered-species list. What does that have to do with spending, you ask? Well, it has to do with drilling for more oil and gas and removing timber. There is also money for immigration in this bill – not that I am against it or for it – but this is too big of an issue to be used in this way.
Although many people will be hurt by this bill, we deserve it. By not voting or voting incorrectly, we deserve everything that is happening to us.
Denny E. Cregut
Houston