When the deal’s made by politicians, of course.
The Republicans were the first to blink and admit that they never intended to keep to the the Budget Control Act deal made during last summer’s debt-ceiling kabuki. But the Democrats admit they were going to walk away from the deal too, in due course.
In any other field except politics, they’d both be getting sued by the shareholders (you, the peepul) for breach detrimental to shareholder’s interest of what was obviously a contract. Instead we’ll be subjected to another round of campaigning over how awfully perfidious the other side is and how it’s essential to vote for them so as to prevent the others doing even more horrible things. Oh, and another kabuki dance when we hit the next debt limit.
There’s only one rational conclusion: a purge to replace the entire board and upper management of America Inc. is desperately overdue.
(That I personally prefer the Dem walk-away over the Republican one is neither here nor there for the purposes of this post.)
The Republicans are childish nihilists, a really bad combination. The Democrats are paid off but little embarrassed by it. It’s like being given the choice of losing your hand or your entire arm.
I’m declaring my support for Andrew W.K. and the “Party Hard” Party for president. At least he rocks.
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is so odious that no competent, constitutionally suited person ever wants it.
I think that those are the types we get in office.
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The Budget Control Act was a terrible idea. It’s so bad right now that the only thing saving us from a complete meltdown into austerity is our political dysfunction. If the two parties got their act together and actually did what the BCA asked we’d be screwed.