Pioneer Press article says this federal government shut-down could be worse than the last<\/a>. They\u2019re right, but for the wrong reasons.<\/p>\nThere are more people dependent on the federal government than ever before, so more will be harmed, so more will complain and there will be more heartbreaking news stories about how bad the shut-down is and how wicked the Republicans are, for causing it.<\/p>\n
To President Obama and Congressional Democrats, that\u2019s not a bug, it\u2019s a feature.<\/p>\n
To me, it\u2019s evidence how much farther the system has gotten out of whack. The underlying premise of the tearjerker stories will be the federal government cannot fail because people will be hurt. But \u201ctoo big to fail\u201d only works if there is someone to bail you out.<\/p>\n
Who will bail out America?<\/p>\n
Joe Doakes<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Smug self-satisfaction will be a medium of exchange by that point. \u00a0It will be legal tender.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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