their list is not delivered, they will accuse the President and Democrats of refusing to negotiate and default on everything. (Apparently, negotiate in the Republican Lexicon means surrender.)
In one of my own OP's I asked "[link:http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023760293#post25|
What is their incentive to turning the government back on?]
Some seem to think I was raining on everybody's joy that the ACA started and Republicans were committing suicide.
As I see it, they have drastically cut the size of government (a major campaign promise) and stopped government spending (another promise), stopped government oversight of wall street (those jobs are unnecessary). There is a loyal base of about 20% that would believe them if they said the sky was really the inside of an eggshell on God's breakfast plate. A solid 70% of Americans are opposed to the shut down and Republicans don't give a shit.
What I think we are seeing is a coup d'état where all other government bodies are forced to capitulate to their demands, tyranny by the minority, or they will bring the government down. How long, after all, can the government function with no budget.
There is nothing in our constitution or our laws that allows us a legal means of dealing with this. The power of the purse is an enumerated power of the Congress, and the power to not fund something is an implied power. Republicans are using this flaw and they don't care what will happen. They can continue this right up to when the new Congress is sworn in in 2015 if they want, not that there will be anything left of our economy by that time.
I am hoping someone will come in and show me why it is utterly implausible that Republicans will do this.
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