"You see, boys forget what their country means by just reading The Land of the Free in history books. Then they get to be men and they forget even more."
--Jefferson Smith (Mr Smith Goes to Washington)
Following nearly two decades of informal development and two years of formal drafting and revision, bureaucrats quickly pushed the Federal Reserve Act thru holiday thin House and Senate votes just before Christmas in 1913.
Fast forward 96 years and we find the Senate trying to jam thru a $trillion health care bill. A final vote is scheduled for, yep, Christmas Eve.
When politicians seek to push bills thru holiday periods, they often want to exploit distraction.
By many measures, The Federal Reserve Act has proven to be one of the most consequential pieces of legislation enacted in United States history. Distracted citizenry has paid dearly for chronic inattention.
Does history repeat with the health care issue?
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