Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Of Presidents and Paperwork

President Obama has been in office since January 20, when he was sworn in. Today being August 25, he has been in office for 217 days, or about 7 months. In that time we have seen a Stimulus Bill (1100 pages), Cap and Trade (1200 pages) and Health Care Reform (1000 pages). Notwithstanding the billions of dollars being spent in these programs, who has the time to write all this out? Where are all of these coming from?

3300 pages means that we have 15 pages of proposed legislation from this administration per day in office (assuming no vacations or weekends were taken off). Per business day in office, it jumps up to 22 pages/day. Pick your favorite author - who would be able to churn out the equivalent of 2 Bibles worth of text in 7 months?

This gives me pause. Where is all this truly coming from?

1 comment:

  1. These are so intriguing & educational as well as thought-provoking.
    All because they're short enough for my attention span to handle as well as some fun for my eyes with the pictures.
    You're the best!
    Keep on keeping me informed!

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