Disaster averted: The Government open for business.

I was amazed that republicans seemed willing to shut the government down with so much at stake and jeopardizing the recovery process while commenting that it’s not for drama. Listening to the news on Friday (CNN) a democratic representative said that they did what the republicans requested but it was not enough. The republicans then wanted more concessions and they were not willing to compromise (a word that came up a lot). It seems to be more about a power struggle than anything else and some people care more about their own agenda than the American people. According to Congress.org “Under Article I, Section 6 of the Constitution, members of Congress "shall receive a compensation for their services, to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the treasury of the United States." Maybe what needs to be done is to renegotiate congress's salary and benefits; if everyone’s salary and benefits are getting cut then so should congress.

One of the recurring arguments is about Planned Parenthood and the fact that they used money funded by the government to conduct abortion. At a time like this the 3% of the funding Planned Parenthood spends on abortion is the least of the country’s problems. They should be happy that people are recognizing that they are cannot afford those children rather than having them and becoming a further burden on the state.  Maybe if more people acted responsibly there would not be such a strain on Social Security.

I understand the cuts were needed to be made and that something had to give, but no one wants to be the one to give. People don’t what to pay more taxes and I understand things are already hard. I don’t want to pay more taxes. Yet they expect so much from the government. Where on earth is the government going to get the money, unless there is some kind of money tree at the back of the White House that I don’t know about. The President inherited a country in crisis, he inherited two wars, he is trying to get the country back on its feet and like they say you have to spend money to make money.

Thankfully congress came to an agreement and the shutdown was averted. The consequences of the shutdown would have been devastating to an already decimated economy.

Do you think that the Tea Party extremists are right in allowing the shutdown and if yes would the resulting damage have been worth it?