Second String is Better Than No String by Dr. T

It's about time all we "little people" understood that we are no longer living in a republic. All the brouhaha about the government shut down and debt ceilings and continuing resolutions is a game, a dance, a show. This is not to say that we are not on the brink of running out of funds, it is merely to say that everyone on both sides of the aisle knew it was coming .

It's about time we understood that the enormous debt we have run up has been the result of decades of kicking the can down the road. Our "elected officials" have mortgaged our children and grandchildren and for what? It actually is easily explained...career politicans will do anything to keep themselves in power and to keep their goodies coming in. The majority party and it's administration are content to keep giving out taxpayer funds to the so called disenfranchised in order to get their votes. The minority party while feigning outrage will in the end "go along." Why? Because being second string is better than no string and they don't want to give up their goodies.
The American people also share responsibility for this. After all, the scoundrels were voted in! So in the end the drama will play out and the debt ceiling will be raised again, and more money which we cannnot pay back will be spent until we finally reach critical mass and collapse.