Republic Risk: Light Reading from the Government (GEO Group)

Everyone has 14 hours to reach a 1,000-page bill before Congress passes another $1.2 trillion in spending. Good news... we're confident that GEO Group will get a massive windfall this weekend.

The Art of the Deal

Here’s the 1,000-page minibus that congressional staffers pored over all night. 

Look at that. You paid for that stack of paper, which isn’t cheap these days.

The six-bill omnibus funds roughly 75% of the government, keeping the Departments of Homeland Security, Defense, Labor, Education, Health and Human Services, and State operational, thus avoiding a full or partial shutdown.

Lawmakers have until the stroke of midnight to pass a deal.

So… they only have until maybe 11 pm to read it. 

Look at that thing.

Are you mad? Does it upset you that the lawmakers don’t read these massive bills? 

Well - here’s the thing. All that freshly printed ink represents money that’s up for grabs. I have no control over the government spending my tax money and borrowing away my future. I can be mad. Or I can get a spear and hunt for some of it back.

I’ll be on the phone today, looking for very specific previsions from colleagues. Sometimes, things are added… or struck from the bill in the fin…