I have on occasion written about politics in the past. As I have in previous posts, I ask that no
one post any comments “bad mouthing” one political party or the other and that
no one post negative comments about President Obama.
A poll released today
indicates that 46% of the 803 US adults polled would blame the Republicans if
the government shuts down. President
Obama would be blamed by 36% of those in the poll. The poll indicated that both the Republicans
AND the President would be blamed by 13%.
My opinion was not included
in this poll, and I find it interesting that the Democrats are not even
mentioned as part of the blame.
In my opinion, the current
Congress – both the House and the Senate – is the worst we have had in my
lifetime. I am a senior citizen, so I am
talking about a lot of years.
The Republicans and Democrats
are blaming one another for the looming government shutdown. There is plenty of blame to go around!
I am so sick and tired of party
politics. Unlike in years past, those in
Congress nearly always vote their party line.
They no longer think of what is best for America and the “average”
citizen. They are afraid of losing the
backing of the multi-millionaires and billionaires who support them, so they
vote however the extremely wealthy backers want them to vote.
Both the Senate and the
House of Representatives say they are “compromising,” but the other is
not. Let’s be real here! No one is compromising! Each party is threatening to “take their ball
and go home” if the other doesn’t “play” the way they want them to. They are behaving like children, not like the
leaders they are supposed to be.
Right now, the Affordable
Care Act (Obamacare) is the political football being tossed back and
forth. The Republicans will not pass any
spending bill that includes funding immediately for Obamacare. The Democrats will not pass any bill that
even mentions Obamacare.
I have no doubt that the
government will shut down tomorrow. Depending
upon how long it remains shut down, it could be catastrophic for our already
weak economy. Of course, Congress and
the President will be paid, but the military will not get paid… They can tell
me all day long that they will be issued I.O.U’s, but whatever you call it,
they are not getting paid! An I.O.U. will not pay their bills! I live in a town where most people work at our
military base. Thousands of people will
not get paid during a shutdown.
Who is truly to blame for
the poor economy? Based on their recent
behavior, Congress – both Houses - and the President are all to blame. I wish that we could all “stand up” to them
and fire every last one!
I truly fear for the United
States of America. Until and unless the
extreme Right and extreme Left stop bickering, can we survive as a nation
another generation?
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