Cowardly
Lyin'
 Here's
why the government has shut down, in a nutshell:
John Boehner needs the support of the TEA Party to
retain his position as Speaker of the House so, at
their urging, he's agreed to use the defunding of Obamacare
as a requirement to pass a continuing resolution.
(A continuing resolution is analogous to "Okay,
I put the new mansion, the yacht, and the Maserati
on the credit card. Now it's the end of the month
and I need to start writing checks.")
Unfortunately for the GOP, the President, the Senate,
the Supreme Court, and 70% of the American public think
that tying the defunding of the Affordable Care
Act to the budget is foolish, so Boehner got trapped
between TEA Party
rhetoric
and
reality. His only bargaining chip was to shut down
the government.
As it turns out, there are enough House Republicans
who so resent this desperate tactic
that a clean
continuing resolution, one without calls for the defunding
of the ACA, would pass easily. If that happens, Boehner
will lose his position as speaker.
So, right now, the real reason 800,000 Americans aren't
getting a paycheck, the reason the Stock Market is
dropping like a rock, is because John Boehner is afraid
for his position. Not his job, his position.
The sad truth is that as long as the GOP holds the
House the Speaker could literally be a cocker spaniel,
one that only barks when his master speaks.
=Lefty=
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