Democrat Waxman doesn’t know what’s in his own tax plan because he hasn’t read it

by editor on May 28, 2009

Democrats have a nasty habit of passing bills they don’t read, like the Stimulus boondoggle. In this instance, Henry Waxman (D-CA), Energy & Commerce Chairman and author of the National Energy Tax, is unclear on what’s actually in his own bill. But never mind that. Democrats voted it out of committee anyway, 33-25.

In this video, Waxman is questioned by Ranking Republican Member Joe Barton (R-TX) when he admits to ignorance of his own handiwork: “I certainly don’t claim to know everything that’s in this bill…I don’t know the details…”

Totaling over 930 pages, this bill is quite the packed sausage. If We the People are forced to pay for these things, is it too much to ask that lawmakers who supposedly write them at least be forced to read them?

Source: National Review

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Huck May 28, 2009 at 7:32 pm

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Henry Waxman? How could anyone vote for a guy that looks like a Yorky?

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Kay B. Day May 29, 2009 at 2:23 pm

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I honestly think taxpayers should come together somehow and file a class action lawsuit. I really do. They didn’t read the blasted stimulus bill and now Waxman, who pelosi called a “virtuoso” for crafting the bill (further evidence of her mental deterioration) doesn’t know what is in a bill that will impact every American household. He should be impeached for stupidity. And we should somehow find a way to take these idiots to court.

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Tracy April 1, 2010 at 3:13 pm

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Waxman is a fricken idiot , he lives on his own island , it is called California !

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