Is this a game of chicken that congress is playing with raising the debt ceiling and with our lives, or is it that it only cares about being true to an ideology that has not shown many results? I could not help but remember the story of the two women in front of Solomon fighting for the baby. Are Republicans hinging their bets on Democrats caring more about the good faith and credit of the US? It appears to be that way; either they have it their way or the baby (and our lives) can be split in half.
I could not push this thought away from my head while watching the debt negotiations and the stubbornness of the Republicans. The Republican controlled House of Representatives seems committed to defending its ideology even if that means causing irreparable damage to the good faith and credit of the United States. It appears as if they do not care about what the majority of the American people think. Most Americans do not like spending what we do not have and know for sure that entitlement programs will have to be cut. Republicans, by the account of many of their own, were given the chance to do just that. However, this meant they had to compromise something they thought they could not afford. They are afraid for their seats and from the loud minority that tries to silence the voice of the majority that want a balanced deal.
Something that I do not understand is how can anyone talk about taxes as all evil and spending cuts as all good in such absolute terms. Let us just face it, for more than a decade, the tax cuts did not help us create jobs and did not help us reduce the deficit. The job creators have had those tax-cuts for 11 years now and these have been the worst 11 years in a while for our economy. Get real! Your ideology of pure tax cuts did not work and will not work. We need a balanced approach and this is the chance to do it.
I do hope rationality and sound judgement wins over ideology.
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