Where's the beef.....or pork?

.....apparently in the $700 billion dollar bail out bill! Isn't the problem a little more serious than that. IT'S A $700 BILLION DOLLAR PROBLEM for cryin' outloud!

Perhaps those that voted 'no' the first time have a conscious. Perhaps that those who voted 'no' the first time are really interested in what their constituents have to say. Perhaps those that voted 'no' the first time really want a sound resolultion and not a quick fix.

I dont think I'm among a minority of people who think that adding things like....

•Bicycle commuters. Provides employees who commute by bicycle limited benefits to offset commuting costs. Estimated cost: $10 million over 10 years.

•Children's wooden practice arrows. Exempts wooden practice arrows from excise tax, currently 39 cents. Estimated cost: $2 million over 10 years.

•Film and television productions. Allows more film and television show production companies to use the domestic production deduction. Estimated cost: $397 million over 10 years.

•Commercial fishermen. Allows commercial fishermen and others affected by the Exxon Valdez oil spill to average any settlement or judgment-related income over three years. Estimated cost: $49 million over 10 years.

•Motorsports complexes. Extends seven-year cost-recovery period to the end of 2009 for land improvement and support facilities placed in service after Dec. 31, 2007. Estimated cost: $100 million over 10 years.

...to this bill just to get it to pass is the right thing to do. It just sounds like manipulation to me!

Romans 7:8 (The Message)
8-12 Don't you remember how it was? I do, perfectly well. The law code started out as an excellent piece of work. What happened, though, was that sin found a way to pervert the command into a temptation, making a piece of "forbidden fruit" out of it. The law code, instead of being used to guide me, was used to seduce me.

Is adding 'pork' to the bail out bill intended to seduce lawmakers to be blinded to things within the bill that won't benefit the purpose of the bill.

I've been watching the websites of several people I trust to have sound informaton and feedback on this topic. Among those is Dave Ramsey (www.daveramsey.com). Dave has laid out 3 steps to change the future of this nation. His first step is -

Pray for them to resist a spirit of FEAR and to embrace WISDOM. Even if you don't like them or agree with them, pray for them and tell them you are praying for them. There is a spirit over this problem that must be broken. Also, most of the media personalities are afraid as well and that is affecting their reporting. Pray for fear to be removed from them; they are making this worse.

Dave's FIRST STEP put's God first. Is this nation putting God first or finding solution in a quick fix without him?

1 Corinthians 10:13 (The Message)
13 No test or temptation that comes your way is beyond the course of what others have had to face. All you need to remember is that God will never let you down; he'll never let you be pushed past your limit; he'll always be there to help you come through it.

I'm not saying the bail out bill is a bad thing. The 'pork' has added another $110 billion dollars to an already uncomprehendable $700 billion. Yes, I think we need a solution quickly. But we need a solution. A solution requires evaluation of not only the problem, but a careful and wisdom filled analysis of the best way to fix it. Adding little teasers to sway a 'yea' vote isn't the means to a sound resolution.