There are at least a couple of ways of looking at the debt crisis resolution.
You could say the same thing people were saying before the agreement was achieved: Things have gone to pieces. In other words, this compromise agreement is just one more thing gone wrong. It doesn't do nearly enough. We're bankrupt in more ways than financial and this toothless bill just shows how far we've fallen.
On the other hand (to echo the famous Randy Travis tune), you could say this is the first step up out of this cesspool of over indulgence we (via our elected representatives) have spent ourselves into. This bill will help seal Obama's defeat and lead to fiscal conservative majorities in both houses; then we can then set about reducing the size of the federal government on a much larger scale.
What's your view? Are you with George Jones (see the video below), or do you see this as a small but significant victory?
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Dan, I'm gonna have to hope against hope that this is a small victory. Certainly we can't dig out of the hole. With this deal, the digging might just stop. Maybe. We'll see.
ReplyDeleteAs to ObozO being beaten, and the Senate swapping...it is our ONLY hope. I mean, ONLY. If we lose in '12, I'm going underground.
I see it as a small victory. I think Boehner did a masterful job of changing the dialog in DeeSee and he chose his battles well. The REAL fight is in 2012, not over some pissant sideshow like the debt ceiling.
ReplyDeleteMy $0.02... YMMV.
Besides that... the entire editorial staff of the NYT HATES the bill, so it's gotta have some good in it, somewhere. ;-)
ReplyDeleteBig "O" needs to title a book,
ReplyDelete"How I ruined America in four short years."
Sorry I forgot the Caps in the title of the book. must be the government education that caused it! Duh!!!
ReplyDeleteAndy, Buck, and Scooney: I'm with you guys. I hope this is a small step for congress that leads to a bigger step for the US as a whole when we vote the bastids out. Scooney, only problem with him succeeding with that book is nobody will have the money to buy it.
ReplyDeleteScooney, only problem with him succeeding with that book is nobody will have the money to buy it.
ReplyDeleteThat's also assuming someone/anyone would WANT to buy it.
I'm thinking small victory. Bumping up against "pathetically small" victory. But I'm a moody ol' sucker and I expect I'll be back to complaining about Boehner any second now.
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