Congresswoman Jean Schmidt must have heard our demands. When she voted against George Bush's and Barney Frank's Bailout Bill for Billionaires the first time around, we let her know our dissatisfaction. She knew she was facing the end of her career if she continued to cross us.
Fellow tax hikers, we can report that our efforts have succeeded. Congresswoman Jean Schmidt switched her vote and supported the bailout bill that just passed Congress and was signed into law. This bill spends another $800 billion to grow our government, most of it bailing out Wall Street leaders who otherwise blew up their companies.
This had to be done. If responsible taxpayers weren't there to bail out the irresponsible, then who would those people be able to take from? It's a fundamental question of fairness. It's unfair when Wall Street can take huge risks and be made to live with the consequences of their failures. They should know when they take these risks, that if they fail the taxpayers will be there to bail them out.
We applaud Congresswoman Jean Schmidt for recognizing this. Thank you Jean for your vote to subsidize risky behavior. Thank you Jean for your vote to force the responsible Americans to share their wealth with those who did not protect their assets as they should have. We know that we can always count on Congresswoman Jean Schmidt to pursue our agenda of higher taxes, more spending, and subsidizing irresponsible behavior. Jean Schmidt for Congress!
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From what I understand it was the extra $150 billion in pork add-ons that the Senate threw in that caused Schmidt to switch her vote.
Her Republican colleague Steve Chabot had enough sense to call it how it is and vote no on this monstrosity.
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