Reply #4: Define perfect, define great, define good, define mediocre, define acceptable,

[TheKentuckian]

define unacceptable, define poor, define bad, define horrible, define shitty, and define deplorable.

Does the word perfect now mean "workable solution" or what does it mean? I had always thought more along the lines of "without flaw", "optimal", and "the point where no further improvement is possible".

Some folks' good seems to be anything not easily demonstrated to be worse than current conditions and sometimes even that seems to be really stretching.

Hell, I don't always even argue for what I think is "perfect" because good and serviceable are often such big lifts but I'll be damned if my target is going to be hopefully better than what we have...maybe...possibly...cross your fingers...might want to say a prayer.

To mock Grayson's position here as letting the perfect be the enemy of the good is pretty absurd.

The purpose of the legislation was to put rational rules in place to prevent another meltdown, at least stemming from a similar cause, and we have failed pretty bad because the bill fails to address any of the systemic problems that lead us to this pass.
That means Congress has failed in their responsibility to the American people on this and the President should demand legislation that has a chance to turn the tide for us but instead he and Geitner have been working to keep the bill from actually going to the roots of our economic threats.

I also believe that praising and supporting this bullshit is effectively cheering and actively working against the interest of the people of the United States of America.

We just cannot afford to "take it easy" on the big banks and we sure as hell can't afford to keep proping up a casino that allows all the capital to remain in so few hands. The casino KILLS investment. Speculation ain't going to produce jobs.