Budget Fiasco

[Hlleonard]

What is it that the Tea Party is doing that means they are hell bent on ruining our economy?

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I do believe they have their hearts in the right place but I don't believe a half century of less than great decisions by our governing body can be fixed by snapping your fingers and that seems to be what they are attempting to do ...Being inflexible isn't always the best course of action and they seem to have a desire to paint the dirty wall with one brush stroke ...I don't believe shutting down the government is the answer to the problems we have but it seems at least some of these new politicians want to do just that ...Raising the debt ceiling ought to be detestable to to every American but at this point I don't see an alternative, After this fiasco is over I hope they don't sink to a "business as usual" stance which I suspect they will the same as it has always been in the past, "let the next guy worry about it" is the reason we are in the mess we are in today. These "Tea Party" politicians will soon start looking toward a career in Washington and the special interest groups will replace their desire to 'do the right thing'... If they want to fix this mess we are in, I seriously doubt the road to accomplishing that will be the same road to re-election.

[DJD]

Well for sure something has to be done. If it takes radical thinking that gets tempered to something reasonable then thats a far cry better than what these irresponsible legislators have been doing for years.

I take any statement said from anyone in Washington as 75% bulldung, 24% self serving and 1% truth which means I don't trust them at all. I really don't think I have seen a more crooked, self serving, inefficient, waste of skin group of bold face liars in my whole life.

[stratosjoe]

ok Don lets take the kidgloves off and let us know how you really feel....lol

[Bobby Headrick]

If you look at history most great nations have fallen at one time or another, we are a realitivety young country, still, compared with others, so maybe it is our time to fail, like the roman empire, and others that have fallen due to the practice of greed for profit, to benifit no others than oneselves We cannot fix this budget until all are held resposible for this mess, fix this mess, and put aside their personal agendas, and work together, this will never happen here in this country as greed and power have replaced common sense and decitity, The 2% that run this country dont give a hoot about the other 98%, It is sad, we are in for a fall, history is always right.

[waterdog101]

Well for sure something has to be done. If it takes radical thinking that gets tempered to something reasonable then thats a far cry better than what these irresponsible legislators have been doing for years.

I take any statement said from anyone in Washington as 75% bulldung, 24% self serving and 1% truth which means I don't trust them at all. I really don't think I have seen a more crooked, self serving, inefficient, waste of skin group of bold face liars in my whole life.

....man we're on the same page, on this one....

[Chubminnow]

Everyone remember that comedian on the redneck comedy tour, the one who likes bourbon and cigars I think....I remember him saying you can't fix stupid or something like that.

Kind of reminds me of our government...for instance, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law on Monday a bill allowing illegal immigrants to receive privately funded scholarships to attend the state's public colleges and universities. The bill, dubbed the California Dream Act, passed the state Legislature earlier this month and aims at helping illegal immigrants who earned a diploma after attending at least three years of high school in the state.

1. What are illegals doing attending any public high school in the United States to begin with?
2. To stick the knife further in the middle class Americans back these illegals can be eligible for "privately funded" scholarships?
3. Meanwhile....how much money are we throwing at protecting our borders to catch these illegals?

Way to much money being wasted here....and this is just one example of government....part of the government money goes towards protecting our borders while another part goes to letting the illegals go to school here. What a waste!! Sad but true, when it comes to our government it's becoming more and more clear everyday that you really can't fix stupid.

[kygorski]

Yep its a shame WE elect them isn't it