Now I know the Dems are pushing for a shutdown. Relying on the assumption that government is necessary for the economy, they first put out the seed of the idea that shutting down the government is bad for the economy. Then they whine and complain about how unreasonable it is that they aren't allowed to continue to spend twice the already enormous revenues they take in. Then they game it so that it looks like the meanie Trunks shut down the government and threw grandma out on the street while the With the possibility of a government shutdown looming large next Friday, President Obama said it would be "the height of irresponsibility" if Congress allowed 'the same old Washington politics" to keep it from completing action on a budget bill before then.
Remind me again why you guys are working on the 2011 budget a third of the way into 2011?
Over half-way: the budget started this past October 1st.
"If these budget negotiations break down, we could end up having to shut down the government, just at a time when the economy is starting to recover," said the president.
Keep dreaming.
On a day he was trumpeting the latest drop of the national unemployment rate to 8.8 percent, down from 10.2 percent a year ago, Mr. Obama said a government shutdown could "jeopardize the economic recovery."
8.8% my @$$. No inflation my @$$. Recovery my @$$. With fuel prices as high as they are it means all our meager profits are being stripped out of our hands, slashing across all levels of the economy, and handed to some sheikh somewhere who produces oil for $2/bbl.
Bring it on. Your spending is harming us more than shutting down your opaque, corrupt, oligarchical government. State government shall suffice quite well, thank you very much. No more pouring billions of dollars of money into the Department of Education and only getting a portion of it back if we follow federal rules that are irrelevant to our needs. No FCC or other departments tinkering with machinery that they don't have a clue how it operates.
If things get better, I'd say it was because the federal government got put on a leash finally, and even then that leash needs to be made shorter.