The Fifth Dimension

Greg Pollowitz writes, “In the debate, Senator Obama laid out his four conditions for passing the bailout bill”, “Yet 48 hours earlier, he had five conditions:”

Fifth, we both agree that this financial rescue package should move on its own without any earmarks or other measures. We have different views about the need for other action, but this must be a clean bill.

As Greg writes, “Yeah. . .can’t have a clean bill now, can we? Not when there are billions for ACORN at stake.”

Or as Glenn Reynolds puts it, “You know, it would be easier for me to believe this was a crisis, if the people in charge were acting like it was a crisis, instead of just an opportunity for graft. Then again, to some of these people, everything is just an opportunity for graft.”