Article by WashingtonStateWire. Published on Monday, November 28, 2011 EST.
Never Thought It Would Come To This: Super (failure) Committee
First, there is the disappointment that our own Patty Murray chaired the mess. Is there something there to know? And second, if you care about America, or your kids, our grandkids, the joke of the proceedings and the pathetic (predictable) outcome of the Federal Super Committee ought to make you sick, seriously. The lack of product is not the worst part of the train wreck. The lack of product is the product of a broken, not dysfunctional, but non-functional deliberative body.
So here’s the question. How long will America, both colors, both parties, all sides, every segment, put up with this and keep sending these finger- pointers back to DC?
You want to move the mouse? Move the cheese. It is time for a strong third party and sincere, well considered replacement of incumbents.
Or is it as we have heard for decades, “My member of Congress is OK, it’s the other guys who are unreasonable.”
You want to move the mouse, move the cheese.
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