Commentary by Heath Haussamen,
NM Politics.net - I’m sure Democrats think Republicans need to budge on their pledge to not raise revenues. And I’m sure Republicans think Democrats need to accept more dramatic reforms to entitlement programs. So they’re haggling and arguing and making dramatic speeches for the media to amplify around the globe. It isn’t that Boehner or Reid or Obama wants the nation to default. It’s that they haven’t been able to find a way to stop it. The problem is systemic. Washington often fails to function these days regardless of who is in office, which party controls things, and how hard they’re trying to get things done. The results are pitiful. Decades ago we put humans on the moon several times. Now we can’t get to the International Space Station without paying Russia to take us there. That’s not a Democratic problem, and it’s not a Republican problem. It’s a Washington problem, and beyond that, it’s a societal problem. The government put in place by We the People
has failed to keep us at the forefront of space exploration. That could have all sorts of military, scientific and other consequences. And now the government has taken us to the brink of defaulting on our debt. If that happens, we’ll be sending a message to the rest of the world that we really are a society in decline and there’s nothing we can do to stop it.
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Commentary by Heath Haussamen, NM Politics.net - I’m sure Democrats think Republicans need to budge on their pledge to not raise revenues. And I’m sure Republicans think Democrats need to accept more dramatic reforms to entitlement programs. So they’re haggling and arguing and making dramatic speeches for the media to amplify around the globe. It isn’t that Boehner or Reid or Obama wants the nation to default. It’s that they haven’t been able to find a way to stop it. The problem is systemic. Washington often fails to function these days regardless of who is in office, which party controls things, and how hard they’re trying to get things done. The results are pitiful. Decades ago we put humans on the moon several times. Now we can’t get to the International Space Station without paying Russia to take us there. That’s not a Democratic problem, and it’s not a Republican problem. It’s a Washington problem, and beyond that, it’s a societal problem. The government put in place by We the People has failed to keep us at the forefront of space exploration. That could have all sorts of military, scientific and other consequences. And now the government has taken us to the brink of defaulting on our debt. If that happens, we’ll be sending a message to the rest of the world that we really are a society in decline and there’s nothing we can do to stop it. Read more
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Hey Heath, the assertion of financial Armageddon is a political ploy.. Many of us are hopeful that August 2nd comes and goes, without a deal, so the democrats claims of a financial disaster are exposed. Maybe then we can get a balanced budget amendment and restore sanity to our SMALLER government.
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