Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Open Contempt for the Oath of Office and the Constitution

The recent passage of HR 1, better known as the stimulus package, perfectly illustrates the complete comtempt many members of our government have for their oath to uphold and defend the Constitution. The text of the law was over 1000 pages long, and Congress had just a few hours to read and analyze its contents before the majority voted in favor of passing the bill. The problem: no one read the bill.

How can the government officials who voted for the bill assert that they take the oath of office seriously? How can one gaurantee that all parts of this massive spending bill were in compliance with the Constitution if one never read the bill? Would you sign a mortgage without reading or understanding the terms?

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