Our government needs an enema!

(Title used with all due respect to Jack's Joker)

We have severe blockage!  Prepare the dynamite!

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     This article highlights exactly what is wrong with our government.  With massive tax increases a mere month away that everyone agrees will most certainly send the country spiraling back into another, what are the so called leaders on either side doing?  Are they desperately working together to stave off this disaster before everyone suffers?  Are they even making any real effort to move forward towards some sort of solution?  Are they even sharing a Double Mocha Frappachino in some attempt at getting along?  NOPE!

Keep in mind, folks that its all about posture!

          Both sides are posturing and preening seeking some sort of angle that will allow them to "win" the upcoming argument.  Never mind that the answers are known to pretty much everyone who  has more than three brain cells to rub together.  We need to increase Revenue, decrease Spending and balance the damned budget.  That's it.  That is what needs to be done.  Everything else is in the details.

      Now of course as the old saying goes, the Devil is in the details.  How do we increase Revenue?  Tax increases, tax law overhauls, hiring alchemists to turn lead into pudding?  Where do we decrease spending?  Cut funding for popular public programs, Increase the eligibility age for SS/Medicare etc or put every politician on minimum wage?  These are all viable questions and should be considered.  I personally feel that we shouldn't allow any tax increases until the government proves it can be trusted with the money.  (Which ideally will put off any tax increases for the foreseeable future.)  I feel that popular programs need severe overhauls and better oversight which would allow us to cut some of the funding to them and STILL keep them viable.  However, both the Damnocrats and ReBoobicans are showing absolutely no drive to even confront these issues let alone actually work together to fix them. 

Well it is more like a tragedy but hey...

 

      Right after the election, both sides did these marvelous little dances that gave the impression that they had seen the error of their ways and would be willing to work together.  They preached that we would not have a repeat of the last fiscal emergency where impasse on both sides drove us to the point of disaster.  And like so many false prophets (Profits?), their sermons have turned out to be false.  The Damnocrats claim a mandate from the peeple even though they only won slightly more than half the popular vote.  (BTW does anyone else find it funny that Romney's final total on Popular Vote was 47%.)  The ReBoobicans are back to their "No new taxes no matter what!" speeches and both sides as a whole are refusing to give.

Why can't we all just get along?

     Let me slap a little definition out there for you.Webster's defines Compromise as: settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concession.  In short it means that both sides in an argument give in a little.  It doesn't mean "Hey I am not going to give in, but you have to make concessions!"  By the very nature of the beast, making a compromise means that both sides lose.  Our Political Parties hate that.  "Their side" has to lose and "Our side" has to win.  And when neither side agrees to compromise, then the other side is guilty of blocking any chance at progress.
     The sad part is, even though I knew better, I actually briefly believed that maybe, just maybe our Pollytickans had learned something and would actually make some effort to work together without weeks of posturing.  And in all fairness, some on either side of the carpet are actually showing signs of doing so.   Reboobicans are making noises about agreeing to revenue increases and Damnocrats are showing some signs of being willing to put Reforms on the table.  Unfortunately, none of these guys are the head honchos.  I just hope that both Obama and Boehner can do the same.  The Fiscal Cliff is looming and I have a thing about heights.

and here is a picture of a cute bunny for absolutely no reason.