Everybody whose take-home pay is less than $250,000 please bend over – the Grand Old Party is about to do it to us again. If some miraculous solution is not found by the end of the week the Republicans, having refused compromises that would have met them more than halfway, will refuse to submit a new budget to the house, thus shutting down the U.S. government until an agreement on its terms can be reached.
The budget impasse is less financial than political. The two sides can agree to compromise on most of the important money issues but Republicans are insisting on using the budget to advance their pet political programs such as a ban on abortion, killing Obamacare, emasculating federal financial regulators and pulling the teeth out of most environmental programs, and Democrats are flatly (and rightfully I believe) refusing to allow the budget negotiations to used to further the political agenda of the right.
This is not the first time Americans have gone through this charade. There have been 18 shutdowns in the past, ranging in length from 1 to 21 days, caused by our elected representatives squabbling over money. So we have certainly been there before. A shutdown does not really affect all of the government. Things like security services, military operations, senators pay and other programs deemed essential by our politicians go on. What closes are things like health care centers, veterans benefits administration, national parks, social, security services, etc. – In other words the services that are most important to the health and well-being of the poor and middle classes.
So, once again if the GOP holds sway we will end up balancing the budget on the backs of the working classes so the Republicans can solidify their hold on an America of the rich, by the rich and for the rich in which a servile working class shall endure.
Maybe it’s time to take a hard look at the whole annual budgetary crapshoot and make changes that will keep the process narrowly confined to the finances of running the country and out of the game of politics. Anybody who comes up with a way to de that would certainly get my vote.
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Time to Bite the Budget
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Everybody whose take-home pay is less than $250,000 please bend over – the Grand Old Party is about to do it to us again. If some miraculous solution is not found by the end of the week the Republicans, having refused compromises that would have met them more than halfway, will refuse to submit a new budget to the house, thus shutting down the U.S. government until an agreement on its terms can be reached.
The budget impasse is less financial than political. The two sides can agree to compromise on most of the important money issues but Republicans are insisting on using the budget to advance their pet political programs such as a ban on abortion, killing Obamacare, emasculating federal financial regulators and pulling the teeth out of most environmental programs, and Democrats are flatly (and rightfully I believe) refusing to allow the budget negotiations to used to further the political agenda of the right.
This is not the first time Americans have gone through this charade. There have been 18 shutdowns in the past, ranging in length from 1 to 21 days, caused by our elected representatives squabbling over money. So we have certainly been there before. A shutdown does not really affect all of the government. Things like security services, military operations, senators pay and other programs deemed essential by our politicians go on. What closes are things like health care centers, veterans benefits administration, national parks, social, security services, etc. – In other words the services that are most important to the health and well-being of the poor and middle classes.
So, once again if the GOP holds sway we will end up balancing the budget on the backs of the working classes so the Republicans can solidify their hold on an America of the rich, by the rich and for the rich in which a servile working class shall endure.
Maybe it’s time to take a hard look at the whole annual budgetary crapshoot and make changes that will keep the process narrowly confined to the finances of running the country and out of the game of politics. Anybody who comes up with a way to de that would certainly get my vote.
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