Re: the debt ceiling and the budget. Any deal is a bad deal. For example, of the three Republican plans, the Cut, Cap and Balance is considered the best and the strongest. It however, allows an IMMEDIATE increase in the debt ceiling of $2.4 trillion. So, if $14.4 trillion is our meltdown point, how does $16.8 trillion improve things? That burning sensation in your back is from the knife if you voted for Republicans. Get used to it. Along as you continue doing what you’ve been doing, the knife will get plunged deeper and deeper. Boehner cares more about Obama liking him than he cares about saving the country from an out-of-control government. Say”Goodnight, Gracie.”
The issue is now and always has been government spending. Any plan that doesn’t seriously reduce government’s size and budget is doomed to fail. If they don’t reduce the size of government and the budget, our nation is doomed to fail. Concurrent with the issue of too much spending is the element of personal freedom. Every uptick in federal expenditures suggests increased federal involvement in our lives. Small budgets yield small government and individual liberty.
You are probably thrilled to learn that the Ohio Statehouse now has a full-service bar. The Capitol Café boasts a full-blown liquor license to better serve legislators, staff and lobbyists. Frankly, it’s not a big issue for me, but I would have two requirements: No running “tabs” allowed, and we should have full disclosure about the drinking habits of elected officials and their un-elected staff persons. Yeah, like that is going to happen. Wonder what the carryout business will be?
Our Monday Littlestuff-minoosha will address one of the more maddening aspects of political budgeting… the “out” years. They’re a sham and a charade. The out year projections are false and fake, and represent lies and looniness.
Yesterday was not so great for me. I had intended to attend the Warren County Fair in Lebanon, but was hindered by some Thursday dental work. I really enjoyed my time with the gang in Warren County last year…great folks, great fair.
Seneca County Fair is on the agenda for this week for Friday from noon to 4:30pm as I’ll be working at the N.C.O.C. booth. Look forward to seeing many friends. I used to show dairy cattle there back in the ‘50’s and ‘60’s. In the later years, I took a rather large herd, but in the early times, it was Elsie and me. She was a Brown Swiss, and I was often teased about my water buffalo because she had an amazing capacity for drinking (like a career politician). She was a true show cow who adjusted to the lights and action. A good critter and a loyal one. Cows are cool.
With all the steamy hot weather we’ve been having, I’m hoping the government doesn’t assume control of my well. My garden crops have been getting watered twice per day, and Big Brother may decide that someone in the Arizona desert shouldn’t be at a disadvantage…so they’ll ban water usage for both of us. Just sayin’. They’re that goofy.
The Senate on a strict party-line vote decided to “table” the Cut, Cap and Balance bill passed by the House. Doesn’t kill it, and will allow it to be brought back if the Democrats decide to have an “up or down” vote. This stratagem was done to avoid any Democrat being nailed for voting against it. They can now claim that they merely wanted more time to review all the ramifications. It’s a cowardly dodge, but at least all the Senate Republicans voted for the bill (against tabling) including the lefty dames from Maine. I suspect that they, too, saw that it was a “safe’ vote wherein they can claim to have supported it without putting it on the line. This vote was so typical of Washington….lots of sound and fury signifying nothing…except for a CYA vote.
It’s so sad that while the natives (25-30%) express angry discontent, the Democrats characterize us as militant unhinged domestic terrorists, and the GOP elite leadership views us as a petty annoyance to be manipulated and fooled. As our economic situation worsens, more people will join the ranks of the disgruntled and if the two parties continue to treat us like they have so far, a revolution of some sort (hopefully an electoral one) will be inevitable. Let’s pray that it will be successful.
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