The bill didn't get the attention it deserved because nobody weighed in on it, and the hand-wringing only began once everybody who lacked involvement decided to care. The nationalization of energy has been in our platform for an entire year - maybe longer? Again, it's up to people if they want to read - this wasn't some surprising development. The broader issue itself isn't something that is vociferously opposed as some here would like to think - the specific legislation is bad legislation, which is why it will be completely restructured to reflect that, and most anyone left of center will ultimately wind up supporting it because that's where the actual ideological balance of the game is.
I did. You have a point in that it's pretty ridiculous that none of the Federalist Senators said anything throughout most of the entire debate (and then complained about how reluctant they were to vote against socialism), but it doesn't exactly reflect well on your side that I never got any kind of response from anyone until Nix and Oakvale joined in to oppose the bill, and probably never would have if they hadn't. Even when people did bother to respond at all, they basically just said "well it's my ideology so yeah" or "you realize that not all government is bad right??"
