Why is the slight slimdown of the government, wrongly called a shutdown, continuing?
First the Republican House authorized all spending except that small part of the funding for ObamaCare which is in the so-called discretionary budget.
Then the Republican House authorized all spending, but required a one-year delay of the ObamaCare fiasco.
Then the Republican House authorized all spending including that for ObamaCare but with the proviso that the House and Senate and their staffs had be subject to ObamaCare just as everyone else was.
So, as Ann Coulter has pointed out, the only reason that the government slimdown, incorrectly called the government shutdown, continues is because the Democrat Senate recognizes ObamaCare to be so awful that they refuse to obey the law they passed over everyone else' objections. Obama gave them an exemption, which is surely illegal anyway. We are to be subjected to rationing, high expense requirements, and its capricious will and they are not. After all, the Rulers of the People must have their special privileges. They deserve them because they are the Progressive Elitists caring for we the mere sheep.
You can see why they hate the Constitution so much. That document is the People's mandate to the government and makes it clear that government is to serve the People. The People do not serve the Government or its politicians and bureaucrats. But, this mandate of government service is inherently unsustainable with a big government model. That model insists upon rulers with prerogatives and peons who do as they are told.
I found some interesting links and thought that you might enjoy them as well. The first is a link to a transcript of then Senator Obama's speech condemning a debt ceiling increase. The second is a video of Harry Reid speaking about was I assume is the same bill. The third is a short video in which Obama as president attests that his vote as a New Senator was entirely a political move. This is old news and has no doubt been covered previously but they are slightly more noteworthy now given that the positions have flipped in just seven years.
ReplyDelete1) http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/debtlimit.asp
2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELkbDdPeL7I
3) http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/04/14/obama_2006_debt_ceiling_vote_was_political.html