The OtherThommo wrote:
I've also spent a lot of time recently trying to understand what's unfolding in the US Congress at the moment. Again, in short, the US and world economies are being held to ransom by a sectional, relatively minor, ideologically driven bloc of people who are under little threat of losing their jobs (because of the gerrymandered election districts in the House of Rep's). This group is significantly shy of the necessary capability to understand complexities like economies and global interdependence. But, they're hell bent on having a win, and don't care what they blow up to achieve their win (however pyhrric).
Narrow interests, differently vested than the greater good, are a pox on their House, and they ain't the only ones.
you should appreciate these comments then....
"A seemingly chastened Senator Crus undertook not to attempt to delay the passage of the legislation through the Senate – on the same day that the Texas newspaper that endorsed his candidacy last year published an editorial saying it wished it hadn't done so.
Speaking for the bill, Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell described it as 'far less that some had hoped for …[but it's necessary] for today.” Then, perhaps to make the hardheads feel better about their impotence, he added:
“[The Affordable Care Act] is ravaging our economy, killing jobs, driving up premiums … its disastrous rollout is a sign of worse things to come.”
Save for the reference to premiums, he might have been talking about the Republican drive to close Washington, especially when he branded the Democrat refusal to cave to republican demands as a 'stubborn ideological obsession.”
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/deal-struck ... z2hvX0IOVi
