“It’s
what they want,” is the message we
receive from both Dems and Reps, and from the left of the Dems and from the right
of the Reps. The Freedom Caucus (Rep), for
example, demands the people want fiscal austerity, balancing the budget, and
therefore a reduction of all spending, no matter what. Period. The Dems, mostly in locked-step, believe in
ultimate humanitarian goals by providing everyone with all they need. Just increase spending, they tell us. The Reps want to rein in spending, develop
more free enterprise, and “hopefully” grow an economy that will support a benefit-thirsty
population.
The
anarchists simply don’t know what they want beyond their love of
disruption. Throwing crap into the fan
and hoping it will land in the right place, is the extent of their
thinking. And this assessment is far too
kind.
All
claim that what they propose is what the public wants! Not so.
All these groups somehow have equated what they want to what everyone
wants. My gosh, so strong are their
views, they won’t even compromise with the people, much less listen to them. My double gosh, the Reps won’t even compromise with
themselves!
Where
is the reality? The USA has been on a
spending spree, virtually addicted to spending money not there and thereby
living on credit. Entitlements have been granted to an extent that taxing the
wealthy to the maximum possible (i.e. 99%) will not even come close to fiscal
balance.
Addicts,
that is us, must be weaned from their spending and benefit habits, and it will
take time. The economy must grow, or fiscal
balance will never, ever be achieved. The
alternative?? Our children, as political leaders in a couple decades, will be
forced to devalue our currency, diminish our preparedness for calamity, and
ultimately reduce all the guaranteed services.
Irrespective of the party in control, if the country has no money and cannot
borrow money, then no theology, no ideology, and no economic theory will create
sufficient funds to alleviate fiscal desperation.
Summary. Both sides are standing on impossible principles. If the Democrats, for example, want a single payer health care system, that’s fine but costly. They must be willing to give up big spending elsewhere. The alternative is higher and higher deficits in perpetuity. Bankruptcy is the end game. The Freedom Caucus, with enough members to stop anything Republican, seem willing to lose their majority for their principles. Loss of power in Congress is that end game. The other Reps desire economic growth to pay for spending extravagances. All are undeterred. All think, no actually believe, “what we want is what the public wants.” If Congress were converted into an asylum, it would begin operations with more than 500 patients.
Summary. Both sides are standing on impossible principles. If the Democrats, for example, want a single payer health care system, that’s fine but costly. They must be willing to give up big spending elsewhere. The alternative is higher and higher deficits in perpetuity. Bankruptcy is the end game. The Freedom Caucus, with enough members to stop anything Republican, seem willing to lose their majority for their principles. Loss of power in Congress is that end game. The other Reps desire economic growth to pay for spending extravagances. All are undeterred. All think, no actually believe, “what we want is what the public wants.” If Congress were converted into an asylum, it would begin operations with more than 500 patients.
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