You know, I don't want a "super congress," and I don't want the Democratic administration to give it all away, and I don't want a handful of radical Republican activists to control the entire federal government, and I really don't want taxes to be "off the table" as far as negotiations go.
Right now, I want a clean bill, just a one-sentence authorization for the debt limit to go up. Getting his House in order should have been Boehner's first piece of business about business--he had to know that the debt limit debate would be coming up--and the House instead spent so much time on social legislation that they didn't get any job creation agenda done.
And, Mr. President, I understand the need to get health care fixed, but you should have pushed through economic platforms, like building the nation's infrastructure, when you had a chance with a friendly congress. You got your timing wrong. I hate to say it, but I believe it.
We've had Reagnomics for thirty years, and that philosophy hasn't worked. The government's best investment is its own people, the people it is supposed to serve. If it educates its people, assists them to have dependable health care, and works on creating and maintaining a solid infrastructure, ours can continue to be a strong nation.
Fear can move an electorate, but it cannot strengthen one. When congress doesn't work, fewer and fewer of the people it serves work.
A clean bill, please, and if we don't get that, Mr. Obama, please exercise your fourteenth amendment prerogative. There will be heat, but you can take it. Don't let us slip into a new depression under your watch.
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