tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30006406.post6497094209640014298..comments2024-03-28T12:16:43.334-07:00Comments on Winging It: Who Is To Blame?Stanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04523232247971115247noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30006406.post-76902705953061900602013-10-06T11:30:25.416-07:002013-10-06T11:30:25.416-07:00It has to come back to the refusal of the Congress...It has to come back to the refusal of the Congress to pass a budget as they are required to. <br /><br />When the Dems controlled the house they simply failed to produce or pass a budget bill to move through the rest of the budget process. Instead they decided to begin the process of funding the government through a series of continuing resolutions. These simply continue funding at previous levels without actually setting larger priorities or establishing a fiscal direction. <br /><br />A quick google search reveals the the GOP controlled house did pass a 2013 budget resolution, which apparently has never been acted upon by the senate.<br /><br />So long as the Dems refuse to actually pass a budget, the blame must originate with them.<br /><br />Having said that, if the GOP regains control of the senate and maintains control of the house, they MUST pass an actual budget and submit it to the president if they are to have any credibility on this issue.<br />Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17149415942585847184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30006406.post-56732202959264140182013-10-05T15:51:24.896-07:002013-10-05T15:51:24.896-07:00I use the "k" in Demokrats because they ...I use the "k" in Demokrats because they are such socialists!Glenn E. Chatfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04117405535707961903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30006406.post-88778651406341279522013-10-05T15:08:55.220-07:002013-10-05T15:08:55.220-07:00Please notice, Marshall, that the Senate as a whol...Please notice, Marshall, that the Senate <i>as a whole</i> refused to side with the Republicans in the House, causing a problem with the whole "It's those dirty rotten Dems and their dirty rotten Pres that caused this."<br /><br />Notice, also (Glenn and Marshall), that if the Republicans in the House had <i>not</i> decided to stand on defunding some small portion of the Obamacare debacle there would have been no shutdown. Thus, while you would clearly argue that they were <i>right</i> in their stand, it cannot be argued that this stand didn't bring about (or rather contribute to) this shutdown. This is why I have to say that it is Congress. (And the President.)Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04523232247971115247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30006406.post-35509717453059579042013-10-05T15:05:12.608-07:002013-10-05T15:05:12.608-07:00Merely curious, Glenn, but what is the purpose of ...Merely curious, Glenn, but what is the purpose of the "k" in "Demokrats"?Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04523232247971115247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30006406.post-34256592951007491752013-10-05T14:35:59.907-07:002013-10-05T14:35:59.907-07:00I think the problem is the Demokrats. And Thomas ...I think the problem is the Demokrats. And Thomas Sowell explains why:<br /><br />http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2013/10/04/who-shut-down-the-government-n1716292/page/full<br /><br />Why can't the Demokrats haggle over Obamacare as a separate issue rather than requiring it be included in other funding to pass the other funding?Glenn E. Chatfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04117405535707961903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30006406.post-58668986423691379092013-10-05T11:16:23.654-07:002013-10-05T11:16:23.654-07:00I think it does work. That is, we cannot fix a pr...I think it does work. That is, we cannot fix a problem if we aren't honest in identifying what that problem is. It is not "Congress", in that neither side will compromise, because the right has offered at least one or two alternates that would have prevented a shutdown. The left has offered only what it wants with no alterations whatsoever. <br /><br />If we are to say that "Congress" is to blame, then we must consider that the voting public put this Congress together, and the blame then falls on our own selves (which is not untrue). But it's the Congress we have and we must see where within it there is dis-function. Clearly, it is with Barry O and his supporters in Congress. It seems to me that those who oppose funding O-care, have tried to address the concerns of so many millions of Americans with regards to O-care, including Dems, and have been met with total resistance without clear argument as to what is wrong with the right-wing positions. <br /><br />Blaming "Congress" is too easy and just a bit lazy. We are still left with the obstinance of Obama & Co, and a "law" that is widely opposed about to smack us in the chops.Marshal Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01054268632726520871noreply@blogger.com