Debt Ceiling Foolery

The debt ceiling debacle was completely non-sense. I was watching GPS, a news talk show, the other day and the host made an interesting point about the debt ceiling debate. What he basically said is that the republicans, around the beginning of this year, approved an United States budget that agreed to spend more than what we were bringing in in tax revenues. By approving a budget that spends more than what we are bringing in you essentially agree that we will have to borrow money to make up the difference. This is not politics, its math. Now we get down to the very deadline and the Republicans want to hold the poor people and senior citizens hostage by threatening them with the prospects of not receiving their monthly income. The poor, senior citizens, and the disabled members of our society had their very lives hanging in the balance all for a political gain. Using people's lives as leverage is absolutely reprehensible and is a note that the american people should take to the polls with them in 2012. The republicans in conjunction with the tea-partiers almost destroyed the country without regard. They used this opportunity to break the backs of the Democrats. The Dems knew the effects that a default would have on our country and were unwilling to allow the republicans/teapartiers to ruin us all. In conclusion, its almost as if the country is the baby from I Kings 3 verse 26: the republicans wanted to split the baby in half, thus killing it, but the dems said no you can have your way. What party really has the people's best interest in mind? #foodforthought