The law is clear. The President must submit a budget to Congress. Congress must pass a budget resolution by May 15th and then must finalize the whole mess by the start of the fiscal year on 1 October. They never got around to proposing a budget. No budget resolution came out of this dysfunctional House.
Why not? It is an election year, the biennial fiesta of bread and circuses. There is fear within the land of deficits and debts and joblessness and profligate spending. One would not do well at the polls if one were in favor of living beyond one's means.
So, we don't pass a budget, because that would require either cutting the give-aways or raising taxes then being linked to those positions. Can't have that!
Therefore, we get this outrage:
Beans and Bullets and Deeming
No patriotic Congress-critter would vote to deny the fighting men and women of our nation the means of sustaining themselves and defending democracy. We must fund the effort or be viewed as craven. So, all good and reasonable representatives of the people can be expected to vote for this even though we now attach a little tidbit to the bill that "deems a budget passed".
How neat! Keep spending and never have to stand up and take responsibility for your actions.
Can we possibly look ourselves in the mirror on November 3rd if we vote for any of this scum?
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