Reply #33: I am ditto-ing your response so it can be posted to my journal.

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Bertman says -
How could Congress have possibly foreseen that Bush and Paulson might have some poison pill in the Financial Failure Reward?

Why would ANY Democratic Senator or Congressperson have been even slightly skeptical that this EMERGENCY BAILOUT might have been just one more way to raid the Treasury?

Why would any of our representatives actually notice a one-sentence change INSERTED AT THE VERY LAST MINUTE. After all, they're not lawyers are they??

Oh wait. Yes, many of them are, and yes, our President-elect is also.

We certainly could not have expected the guardians of America's treasury, the Congress of the United States of America, to have their thousands of well-paid and well-trained staff lawyers and accountants review the document for any possible GIGANTIC LOOPHOLES. Could we?? After all, this was EMERGENCY LEGISLATION that we could not possibly have spent a few more days or weeks examining in excruciating detail for exactly this type of problem.

And, least of all, how could we possibly expect our Congress to demand that this LOOPHOLE be closed and that the individuals/corporations who took advantage of it be forced to repay every freakin' dime.

Sad to say, but every Republican who voted against this has every right to trumpet the stupidity and complicity of the Democratic Party in this raid on the U.S. Treasury.
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Thank Bertman, you covered so many of the bases that I am taking the liberty of posting this comment of yours on the BailOut Bill into my Journal.