Friday, October 30, 2015

Congratulations,At 3a,m. You Have A National Budget

++Before retiring I received an e-mail from the Campaign for Liberty,Ron Paul's libertarian fund-raising arm to call my Senator in support of Rand Paul,Ted Cruz and Mike Lee who were going to filibuster the budget deal. I thought adding Ted Cruz to their letter may tell you about where the libertarians till go next after Rand Paul drops out.

++Mitch McConnell was going to hold the vote after midnight to minimize the damage of the filibusters from speaking. The bill was voted on at 3am.

++Whatever it's fault the bill means there will be no more faux crises on the debt ceiling until the next president and that there will be no more government shutdowns during President Obama's remaining days in office. 

++One of the benefits of this is that the system has a degree of certainty for the first time since the Democrats controlled congress, Something I am sure the markets will internalize. 

++The post-9/11 mentality of the GOP has been to perpetrate the sense among the American people that there should be something always to be fearful about. Whether your a government employee or an average citizen,you have to be on pins and needles about government functions will exist from quarter to quarter. 

++Throughout the GOP campaign wee are told Washington doesn't work. A superb way to take people's mind off the bleak period when Wall Street and the bankers didn't work and that the private sector was barely functioning. 

++The GOP obstructionism of Barack Obama was meant to enforce the message that government doesn't work so elect us because we know government shouldn't exist except for the military. 

++I worry that this mentality will pervade the general election. And we will go backwards into the swamp.

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