Scapegoat…Looking for a Scapegoat
Yes, I am still around…
Watching the current “Budget-pocolypse” play out in Washington is quite the spectacle. What is the most interesting in all of the breathless media coverage about whom or what is going to be cut or furloughed is how hard each side is trying to paint the other as the reason for the looming shutdown. Currently we have the Democrats painting the issue as one about Abortion and blaming it on the “Tea Party Wing” of the Republican caucus. Which is an amazing statement considering the reason for all of the Tea Party activism has been over spending, not social issues. Of course the Republicans are claiming it is the Democrats trying to play politics with the budget even though they have intentionally been playing politics with the constant Continuing Resolutions instead of repeatedly passing full budgets. It is nice to see the “Tea Party Caucus” balking at this.
Personally I would love to see the Federal Government shutdown for a long period of time. When the country doesn’t fall apart while the Federal Government is reduced to core functions, I hope it will open the eyes of many to the lack of need of the Huge Bureaucratic Beast our Federal Government has become. Not to mention I would love to see the Government spending money it actually has and not borrowing against my son, nieces’, and nephews’ futures. I doubt that will happen, but one can dream.
What is lost during all of this hand-wringing, finger-pointing, and scapegoating is the simple fact of where the blame for this whole “crisis” belongs. The fact is that it was the last congress, controlled entirely by the Democrats, that willing made a decision to forgo doing its’ Constitutional duty and passing a budget. So remember as the current debate rages over abortion, draconian spending cuts, and continuing resolutions , it was an intentional act by the leaders of the last congress to force this debate onto this congress during this election year.
Scapegoating is the art of knowing when and whom to blame…let’s see if this blatantly political scapegoating act by the Democrat Leadership works.
