YES! They had to be the adults & prevent another shutdown.
11%
NO! Benefits on 1.3 million people will expire next week.
89%

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sheilach2 12 years 36 weeks ago

Their "democans" are eating out of the same trough, they live in a different world from us mere former working stiffs.

BAU is ending because we have shipped too many jobs overseas, there are too many people & resources are in decline & becoming more expensive. With so many people out of work & those who still have jobs are earning less, they don't have enough disposable income to support the economy & the oil extractors aren't getting enough $ to keep drilling for expensive oil. The # of taxpayers is shrinking but the government won't tax the rich or big corporations so they have to borrow more to pay for their illegal wars, occupations & the bloated military. What do you think will happen if we default or can't borrow more $?

Now with long term unemployment ending, there will be even more poverty, more people needing aid from the governments & less $ to support it. We are in a downward spiral thanks to government policies, immigration & overpopulation. By ending long term unemployment, they will disappear from the unemployment figures so they can claim that unemployment has declined, a lie of course, just one of many lies the government has been telling us.

The fracking "boom" will soon go bust & we will have to import more oil to support the war machine. The only jobs left is in the military, burger flipping & low wage service jobs. There will be no recovery as this economy requires endless growth which in turn requires increased consumption of oil & other finite resources. No government can survive with a declining tax base & rising expenses so it will fall along with the economy. It dosen't matter which "party" is in charge, their much the same, fascist plutocrats.

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Eliz77 12 years 36 weeks ago

Of course they haven't done enough. Many of them are greedy or frightened. We, the people, don't have to put up with this. It is time for us to get active. support good people and stay in touch after we get them elected. In the mean time, we had better make sure our friends and neighbors have heat and food to get through.

And while I am here, Iwanted to wish you the best. Here is my greeting card and haiku for the season.

Through darkest night

words of freedom singing peace

bring us together.

Love, Eliz

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