Unless you have been hiding under a rock recently, I am sure you're aware of the issue the U.S. is facing with its budget and debt ceiling. And even though I am an NPR/PBS News hour-oholic, I tend to keep my opinions out of most politics, but after reading an article today, I can't keep my mouth shut any longer.
I am sure this post will make me unpopular, so I want to preface it with this: I believe that it is only through humanity and compassion that we will better ourselves and survive into the future. I have always been the person who loves the unwanted (whether it is a stuffed animal with a big black mark on its face when I was 3, or the puny plant that is about to be tossed out at the nursery just last month). I root for the underdog. I am neither democrat or republican, I am not a right winger, and I don't believe everyone should fend for themselves...
Now onto the unpopular part...
The article I just read was talking about the stalemate over the budget and the implications of what could happen after August 2. In the article it stated that we would have funds to cover medicare/medicade, social security, interest on debts, defense vendor payments, and unemployment insurance*. They would not however, be able to pay federal employees, active military members, and would leave whole government departments- such as Labor- entirely unfunded*. This made me nearly lose it. I understand the importance of taking care of the less fortunate but the nation (at this point and in my opinion) can not simply continue to take care of those that do not help the economy or productivity of the nation and completely neglect those that do.
I have been unemployed, I know exactly what I am talking about, but the truth of the matter is that if we continue to help the down trodden who are a weight on the economy while sacrificing those that are contributing to the economy, we are headed for a collapse...of everything. At which point we will no longer be able to help those in need either.
*http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43954150/ns/politics-more_politics/?gt1=43001
