What Are Republicans Doing?

First the government shutdown and now this? Boehner's willing to put the debt ceiling on the line just to deal with Obamacare? Oy vey, this is getting crazy. I thought Republicans were crazy two years ago. Now, I'm beginning to wonder of they're down right insane. This is not a game. They're playing with the economic health and vitality of the United States of America here.

Republicans played this game two years ago during the whole debt ceiling debate. They're pretending that defaulting on our loans won't be too bad. Um, didn't they see what happened when Greece went through a similar crisis? I can't believe how crazy they're getting when it comes to our debt.

The Republicans keep on talking aboutr how they want to reduce the deficit and Obama's the worst thing to happen to it. Here's the thing: I KNOW we have a huge deficit, but it's because the last guy caused it!

When George W. Bush came into office, the US had a $280 billion dollar surplus. Eight years of George W. Bush being George W. Bush gave us the deficit we had today. And while Democrats like President Obama did vote against raising the debt ceiling from time to time, they weren't so stupid as to make a big show out of it just because of one law they didn't like. Yes, that's what all this is about, this is about Obamacare! The Republicans don't want to give Obama a legacy, so they're throwing a fit to get rid of it and this tantrum is economically disastrous.

But getting back to the debt ceiling, you know their antics are getting old when the Chamber of Commerce is telling them to knock it off. That's right, the US Chamber of Commerce, the epitome of evil (sorry, humorous hyperbole) told the GOP to knock it off! If you're thinking about the needs of business and the largest business lobbying group tells you to stop, it's probably a good idea.

Honestly, this whole government shutdown thing was doomed to fail for the Republicans. A PPP poll has already shown that voters are thinking about punishing the Republicans for their behavior. But, given that many of these Republicans come from "safe" districts, don't get your hopes up. And if you can, call your congressman and get them to do something about this, because we're playing with the economic health of our country for crying out loud!