09-20-2023, 01:21 PM
(09-20-2023, 12:51 PM)GMDino Wrote: Again, I hope to have time later tonight to look into more specifics but let me write in a more clear manner:
A group of republicans, the party of which they belong has control of the House, seem intent on trying to cause a government shutdown. This despite members of their own party disagreeing with them.
They are a small group, that does not mean others DON'T agree them either.
I've already agreed that if republicans that do NOT want to shut down the government can reach an agreement along with Democrats it will not matter. It is still an issue though.
Agreed, it is an issue. I dislike extremists of all stripes. But if the group is as small as you state then they are easily countered by an equally small group of Dems voting against them. Of course, politics being politics the Dems will demand some concessions for this. If those concessions are unpalatable to the GOP, then are the Dems not just as responsible for a potential shutdown? If a shutdown is as bad as we all believe it is, then is it not worth abandoning politics, or even asking for minor concessions to avoid it?
The ultimate point being, if moderates of all stripes can't unite to counter extremists on both sides then the problem isn't the small group of extremists, it's the middle ground people who are unwilling to counter them.
