So said the newsies on Meet the Press this morning. They thought it was terrible that Congress only passed 143 laws this year. Gridlock was blamed. None of 'em admitted that neither party has the votes to jam it's program thru.
Actually, I like gridlock. Most laws Congress passes do bad things to me. They raise my taxes, they forbid me to do harmless things, they give handouts to corporations, they throw people out of work, they raise prices, and they waste money on boondoggles. Bridges to nowhere, wind farms, resurfacing I93 again. We citizens are better off when Congress doesn't pass more laws.
And, the Republican controlled House has passed all, or most, of the appropriations bills needed to fund the government next year. The Democrat controlled Senate has passed none. This will cause another one of those "continuing resolutions" to keep the government's doors open. "Continuing resolutions" are bad for tax payers. They read "You, government agency, may keep on spending as much as you did last year." Facing a $5 trillion deficit, we ought to be making some cuts somewhere. There ain't no cut in a "continuing resolution" Democrats love that.
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