"Republicans are not about a shut down -- if that is the Democrats' intention, that is unfortunate," Cantor told the freshman lawmakers, according to the source. "When you go home and talk to your constituents, let's show them how united we are, and let's them that we are changing Washington and finally getting this government's fiscal house in order."Looks like vote-whoring Dems are counting on the idiot masses to run back to mama as soon as the $hit hits the fan.
I sent my reps to Washington with the idea that they had better fix the debt, which includes future obligations, under control. Even if it hurts me. And that they had better get the job done in a reasonable time.
If they have to shut down the government to beat that idea into thick liberal skulls in order to get the job done, so be it. Even if it damages the country's credit rating. I'm tired of a budget that isn't balanced. I'm tired of politicians buying votes instead of doing what's right for the country. I'm tired of the federal government way overstepping its bounds. I want to see competition between sovereign states, not a homogenous union whose only boundaries are lines on a map. I want good ideas to be adopted and bad ones shrivel up and die instead of getting subsidized until the good ones die.
Liberals would do well to consider what would have happened had the entire congress and their clueless president been up for reelection last November.
All parties would do well to act as if people will remember in 2012. And probably well beyond.
If my reps do that job, and do it honestly, I will vote for them again.
If my reps do not do that job, I will vote for different reps until I find some that will.