In the Philippines all people can talk about is the shameless plundering of the people's money by more than a handful of men and women whose greed knows no limits and is one of the seven deadly sins, according to the Bible.
In America, we have politicians in Congress who will shut down the government just because they cannot legally roll back the Affordable Care Act. The legal way to roll it back is to win approval of their stand in the Senate and the White House. That's always been the only way. But no, these Somalian pirates in the House - more euphemistically called Tea Party politicians - have punished the American people by shutting down the U.S. government, just because they can't get their way in the Senate and the White House. It is as though elections don't matter, that what matters is what these Somalian pirates want. A plague on the House of Representatives! Maybe it's time to revise our Constitution. Here's what I propose: The House crafts legislation each year that funds the government. The Senate then takes up the measure. The President signs. This is the present system. Here's the wrinkle I would like to see added. If the House and Senate cannot agree, the President steps in and declares that the government must continue to be funded and operate in a continuing resolution under the terms of the last budget approved by Congress and signed by the President. C C C -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Center for Good Governance" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/center-for-good-governance. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
