During the last several years the Congress has wrangled, harangued and debated the budget publicly and privately. This discourse which is laced with vitriolic , doomsday predictions along with a sequester which damaged the economy and brought pain to many. This attached note shows that the previous acrimony was more political than idealistic as many in Congress will face election next year. My concern is: will the Congress learn anything from this? will the voter learn anything from it? I hope there is a moment of clarity for both. Do we need to be reminded that our elected officials care less about our needs even while invoking what “the people want” when they never asked our opinion? The note below shows that this budget “crisis” could have been done a while ago if the Congress pulled their heads out of the dark and did their work!
Congressional Negotiators Reach Budget Deal
Democratic and Republican negotiators have struck a deal on the budget, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., announced Tuesday. Ryan said the deal would reduce the deficit by $23 billion – without raising taxes. If approved by lawmakers in the House and Senate, the deal would, among other things, fund the government past Jan. 15 and replace the sequester – the automatic spending cuts — with longer-term savings for two years.
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