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<blockquote data-quote="muttmeister" data-source="post: 446751" data-attributes="member: 135"><p>Yes, I'm sure that both parties are playing political football with this issue - trying to make themselves look good and make the other side look bad.</p><p></p><p>I don't understand the people (politicians and others) who are willing to default. It is fairly certain that the stock market will crash, interest rates for all of us (credit cards, mortgages, etc.) will rise dramatically, and government payments and services will be reduced and, if the situation continues, will end. We will probably end up in a depression that makes the 1930s look like the good old days.</p><p></p><p>Most people agree that government spending is out of control. The problem lies in where to make the cuts. One side wants to cut social programs and help to individuals and give breaks to big corporations and rich people with the idea that they will have the money to invest in business and hiring and will create jobs. The other side wants to raise taxes on the richest of us and continue services at the level they are (at least). Maybe I'm wrong but I think that most Americans can see that the real answer lies, as usual, somewhere in the middle.</p><p></p><p>We have reached a point where a lot of politicians seem to have decided that "compromise" is a dirty word. I wonder where they were when they were supposed to be studying American history. Our founding fathers set up a system that was supposed to work only when the two sides were willing to compromise. Neither side would get everything they wanted, but both sides would get something. That is why we have 3 branches of government. THat is whay we have a two house legislature. That is why the Senate has two members from each state (to prevent the most populous states from imposing their will on the smallest states) and it is why the House of Representatives membership is based on population (so the less populous states cannot impose their will on the larger states). The people who complain the loudest about not doing what our "founding fathers" intended and about not following the Constitution seem to be the most in the dark about how the system works. </p><p></p><p>I still say we should throw all of the buggers out and start over.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="muttmeister, post: 446751, member: 135"] Yes, I'm sure that both parties are playing political football with this issue - trying to make themselves look good and make the other side look bad. I don't understand the people (politicians and others) who are willing to default. It is fairly certain that the stock market will crash, interest rates for all of us (credit cards, mortgages, etc.) will rise dramatically, and government payments and services will be reduced and, if the situation continues, will end. We will probably end up in a depression that makes the 1930s look like the good old days. Most people agree that government spending is out of control. The problem lies in where to make the cuts. One side wants to cut social programs and help to individuals and give breaks to big corporations and rich people with the idea that they will have the money to invest in business and hiring and will create jobs. The other side wants to raise taxes on the richest of us and continue services at the level they are (at least). Maybe I'm wrong but I think that most Americans can see that the real answer lies, as usual, somewhere in the middle. We have reached a point where a lot of politicians seem to have decided that "compromise" is a dirty word. I wonder where they were when they were supposed to be studying American history. Our founding fathers set up a system that was supposed to work only when the two sides were willing to compromise. Neither side would get everything they wanted, but both sides would get something. That is why we have 3 branches of government. THat is whay we have a two house legislature. That is why the Senate has two members from each state (to prevent the most populous states from imposing their will on the smallest states) and it is why the House of Representatives membership is based on population (so the less populous states cannot impose their will on the larger states). The people who complain the loudest about not doing what our "founding fathers" intended and about not following the Constitution seem to be the most in the dark about how the system works. I still say we should throw all of the buggers out and start over. [/QUOTE]
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