Compromise or Bribery ? ? ?

As reported by CQPolitics:

"Reid and his aides have been relatively open about the deals he struck with individual Democrats.

"You will find a number of states are treated differently than other states, Reid said Dec. 19. That's what legislation is all about. It's compromise."

Interesting that the dictionary defines Legislation as "the act of making or enacting laws" and that Compromise is "a settlement of differences by mutual concessions."

I was not aware that "mutual concessions" included giving away billions of taxpayer dollars to buy the support and votes of a few.

Further to the point, the concession Mr. Reid gave up was . . . exactly what?

Sorry, sounds more like bribery to this taxpayer.

To set the record straight, a Bribe (that word used in the headline) is "anything given or serving to persuade or induce."

And Senator Harry Reid did just that, he persuaded some his party members with additional taxpayer dollars for their states that not all states will receive.

As a note, that is also not a mutual concession.

Perhaps Main Street USA should be glad that there were not more Senate Democrat hold-outs...who knows what the final pricetag would be on this earmarked piece of legislation.

More food for thought.

Over For Now.

Main Street One