TO THE EDITOR:

I have to believe that 50-100 years ago we didn’t have these 1,000 plus page bills being pushed through Congress which addressed numerous topics and needs. With these large “bloated” bills, in order for your Congress person to vote for say an income tax cut, they also have to vote for increased spending on something they think is stupid or to accept some policy change that seems irrational.  I don’t care what side of the aisle you sit, this is a dumb way of conducting business. All this method does is give “cover” to your representative, allowing them to state that they had to vote for the bill to get “x”, even though they were against “y”, (even though secretly they supported “y”, cause they received huge campaign contributions from the entity poised to benefit!). “This current Big “Bloated” Bill, HR-1, addresses changes to Agriculture, Armed Services, Education, Energy, Manufacturing, EPA, AI, Medicaid, Finance, Judiciary, Immigration, Coal, Gas, Transportation, Taxes, Jobs. . . . how can one be expected to cast a single up or down vote in this instance?” Passing a “Big Beautiful Bill”, is as corrupt as passing the Pelosi “pass the bill so we can read it” Affordable Care Act bill. These huge bills need to be broken up into many smaller bills and then voted up or down based upon their individual merits. I support both Republicans and Democrats that oppose this bill if simply on principle.  And this isn’t just a Federal problem, it’s a Minnesota “Omnibus” Bill problem!

Bret R. Collier

Big Lake, MN