{"id":1365,"date":"2008-10-01T22:42:47","date_gmt":"2008-10-02T02:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=1365"},"modified":"2008-10-01T22:42:47","modified_gmt":"2008-10-02T02:42:47","slug":"do-i-hear-two-trillion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2008\/10\/01\/do-i-hear-two-trillion\/","title":{"rendered":"Do I Hear Two Trillion?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dyn.politico.com\/printstory.cfm?uuid=B857BB4D-18FE-70B2-A87CEFC21402F5CB\">What a pathetic bunch<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Senate hopes to revive Treasury\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s $700 billion financial rescue plan Wednesday night by <em>packaging it together with more than $100 billion in popular tax breaks as well as aid to rural schools important to House Republicans. <\/em>[emphasis supplied]<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[ . . . ]<\/p>\n<p>With each permutation, the bill has steadily grown in size. Treasury\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s initial plan was about three pages long. The House version, which failed, stretched to 110. The Senate substitute now runs over 450 pages. And tucked away in the tax provisions is a landmark health care provision demanding that insurance companies provide coverage for mental health treatment\u00e2\u20ac\u201dsuch as hospitalization\u00e2\u20ac\u201don parity with physical illnesses.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Why don&#8217;t they just make straight cash offers for a Senator&#8217;s vote?\u00c2\u00a0 It would almost certainly be cheaper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a pathetic bunch: The Senate hopes to revive Treasury\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s $700 billion financial rescue plan Wednesday night by packaging it together with more than $100 billion in popular tax breaks as well as aid to rural schools important to House Republicans. 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