Comments on: Economy: Do you Trust Congress?

By: Eli, Oklahoma

Eli, Oklahoma — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:29:50 +0000

Do you think because we have a new congress anything will change?

By: Ray Lawson from Danville, VA

Ray Lawson from Danville, VA — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:21:49 +0000

No!

By: Colorado Dave

Colorado Dave — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:16:47 +0000

I'm not sure anyone could do a worse job than the GOP so the odds are pretty good for the Democrats doing much better. I love the statements by Obama for no earmarks. The last stimulus package has so much GOP pork I don't think it should have been called a stimulus package. It is funny how the GOP insults everything until they get greased.

By: Billie D.

Billie D. — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:37:07 +0000

Jack, if they handle the economy the way they do everything else it will be overspent, underfunded and left in committee to be discussed to death.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:29:52 +0000

NO. They don't have the guts to make a tough decision because it might cost them some votes. All they care about is getting re-elected and the way they do that is take from Peter (taxpayers) to pay Paul (the people who get gov't contracts or welfare checks). Soon Peter will take the advice of Thomas Jefferson who said, "A little rebellion now and then is a good thing."

By: Emmanuel Ndingwan

Emmanuel Ndingwan — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:28:43 +0000

Senator Roland Burris must be seated in the U.S Senate without question. The U.S senate has no legal standing to bar Burris from the senate. The senate must follow the law despite the controversy of his appointment. Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty?

Emmanuel, Greensboro, NC

By: Bob Reiss

Bob Reiss — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:16:48 +0000

In my mind, the reality is that he was appointed legally and you may not agree with the choice, it is done. The Gov is still the Gov. The same holds true for any pardon the gov gives. It is not their choice if they don't like the gov selection, they need to do what is legally done not what is politically correct.

Deal with it!!!

By: laurie michigan

laurie michigan — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:37:39 +0000

gee some people out there must trust them as they keep getting voted into office from their respective districts. I guess they just don't trust those elected in different states. The current (or should I say former) congress had such a low approval rating because the majority of citizens don't understand how government works. I think they walked out of high school government classes and forgot everything they learned and took no further interest in government until all of a sudden, its hit them where it hurts....their pocketbooks! It's a good bet that half of them never even voted as shown by the low turnouts on election day(s).

I am willing to let the new administration take a stab at helping the US over this domestic catastrophe, but even with the stimulus plan, I'm sure the states will muck it up.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:36:46 +0000

No! Congress is an exclusive club of self-centered egotists who get there by the funds of special interest groups for whom they work and pander to their constituents by bringing home slabs of bacon. Very few members have the best interest of the country in mind. Very few members care much more than to get re-elected by whatever means it takes. One of the definitions of an hypocrite should be “member of the US Congress.

By: Christi from Newton, Iowa

Christi from Newton, Iowa — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:36:19 +0000

Since the economy went down the toilet Congress has rubberstamped Bush adn Paulson in a case of the blind leading hte blind. Nobody knows what to do. Great bunch of leaders we've got. I don't trust them for crap. Every time Bush threatened to veto they cowtowed to him. So even when the people revolted and voted in a democratic congress, Bush still got what he wanted. He is an undersized-overcompensating bully and congress keeps giving him our lunch money while we starve. When are they going to stand up for the people who voted them in.