(And one point of preface: I'm willing to believe that we escaped unspeakable catastrophe, and that the Fed making credit available was a Good Thing. But that's a far cry from spending $700 billion outside the purview of Congress, or even outside judicial review. Getting to the point...)
1. More seriously: What can ordinary Americans do to stop the most egregiously illegal aspects of this bailout?
2. Less seriously: I can't wait to see the South Park episode based on this crisis. (Would you believe that I never did see Gnomes until about the night before last? Now that the entire series is free on-line, we're working our way through; just finished Season 2.)
Posted by Matt Bruce at September 22, 2008 02:49 PMI called and sent letters to my Representative and Senators, and I sent emails of support to Senators Shelby and Bunning. That made me feel a bit better.
On the phone calls to Waxman, Boxer, and Feinstein, I thought that Waxman's staffer was most sympathetic to my outrage, and Feinstein's staffer was the least sympathetic, just based on tone of voice. That seems roughly consistent with the public statements of the three politicians.
Posted by: Richard at September 23, 2008 10:34 AM