Image by Getty Images via @daylifeI just have to say a few words about the antics of both political parties on the road to a government shutdown.
Obviously you heard that a shutdown was averted in the last second when Obama agreed to more cuts and the Republicans dropped their abortion/Planned Parenthood attack.
In my last blog on the subject, I was totally beside myself that an imminent government shutdown hinged on a social issue; abortion and not an economics issue.
I have mentioned in the past that the TEA PARTY may tell us that they are all about the economy and how to cut waste in the government but underneath lays the far right religious agenda meant to establish a Christian hold on the government and all the people in this country.
Is that a little too much conspiracy theory? I don’t think so.
I think that once the Democrats announced to the public that what was holding up the deal on the budget was a social issue and not a spending issue (since funding Planned Parenthood is 0.00000000000000000001% of the budget), the Republicans had to save face and beat a fast retreat to save the Tea Party image as budget cutters and not flaming religious nut-cases.
As far as the real issue of spending cuts is concerned, the Democrats are going to have to agree to spending cuts which is against their philosophy especially with social programs and the Republicans are going to have to be willing to cut some of their own sacred cows like defense.
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