The Republicans want to defund Planned Parenthood which I think is fair because why should everyone's tax money go to something that is on the controversial side to most. One politican kept saying it wasn't about abortion but screening tests for women. Not exactly true as the majority of their business goes to abortion and contraceptives. Everyone's money SHOULD be their own with a choice to where it goes.
We desperately need cuts in spending and when one side presents the cuts we need to address, the other side resents any cuts to the entitlement programs. The Republicans would like to pass something that would insure the military pay would not be affected by this delay in balancing the budget and the president won't sign off on it. Tell me, how good an employee would anyone be if they had to do life-risking work and know that their family at home would not be getting any money for food?
The same with so many other union programs. They won't allow realistic cuts that would bring us all closer to a more viable government. In Los Angeles, there is something like a 45% student dropout rate yet the teacher unions want their usual pay hikes, free medical, and good retirements. In the private sector, one can just imagine how long an employee would last doing less than 100% in their job.
The older I get, the more amazed I find myself at the stubborness and blindness of people. We are supposed to have a represetative government but it sure seems that each politican is in it for him/herself. Have to wonder and certainly have to pray.
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