WASHINGTON -- With the government shutdown in its fifth day, many Republicans have conceded the fight is no longer about Obamacare. Rep. Dennis Ross (R-Fla.) added his name to the list on Saturday, saying the matter now boils down to "pride."
Proverbs 16:18: Pride goeth before destruction.
And destruction is where we're heading with the GOP shutting down the government and causing us to default on our debt. Look, we can't have people in our government who will threaten our future, our standard of living, our families - over pride, or holding out for billionaire "healthcare" executives or whatever. We just can't have it. These people have to got to respect the electoral process and work within our democratic system to change policy by majority rule. Anything else is just political terrorism.
Honestly, what's going on here as much as anything else, is the Republicans are seeing things getting better and they don't like it. Once again Democratic public policy is improving things. The economy is improving, the housing market is improving, the job market is improving, and Obamacare is about to start working. And politically speaking, that's very bad for them. So rather than allow things to continue on as they are they figure they don't have much to lose by burning it all down.
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