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"Whats at stake in the partial shutdown of government? Certainly not Obamacare, which was never in danger. Its all an exercise in drawing fake lines in the sandbox, so that the bipartisan business of gutting entitlement programs can recommence. Next stop: Grand Bargain junction.
The government shutdown battle is more like a Civil War reenactment than the real thing. A face-saving bargain will soon be struck, returning 825,000 furloughed federal employees to their jobs at wages that have been frozen for the past two years not by the Republicans, but on President Obamas orders. The clock has been stuck with both hands on austerity since Obama came fully out of the closet as a GOP fellow-traveler following the 2010 midterm elections. From that moment on, Republican-imposed gridlock has been the only barrier to Obamas long-sought Grand Bargain to eviscerate entitlement programs. When the current theatrics are over, Obamacare will remain intact and the president will be back on his ever-rightward stride. The GOP will take Obama up on his offer, earlier this year, to cut Social Security and will probably be offered other bits and pieces of the social safety net in the interest of shared sacrifice and domestic peace."
*Therefore, for the sake of the almighty dollar (blessed be its name) and because the shutdown has already achieved its purposes the GOP will call a halt to its action before any money-changers get hurt. The Republicans will have shown their willingness to fight The Obama. Obama will appear to be defending the people from The Republicans. And then they will both slash away at social spending, as was the intention, all along."
http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-shutdown-game/5352701
pkdu
(3,977 posts)Oh wait , no you didn't ...jeez.
damnedifIknow
(3,183 posts)A different view on the subject I guess.
KelleyD
(277 posts)Ya think?
Jim Warren
(2,736 posts)The article is written by Glen Ford who....er.....you won't anywhere near FR.
leftstreet
(36,108 posts)No kidding
DURec for another great Glen Ford piece
The markets are hungry to devour the nations pension funds
and.........
the rich people who call themselves markets
Th1onein
(8,514 posts)I am damned tired of this slide to the right.