The Simple Truth About the Shutdown

There are some fundamental, elemental truths behind all of the hand wringing and blame throwing surrounding the current government shut down. For all of the political grandstanding the simple truth is that previous, disingenuous governance and perennial failure by Congress to pass a budget is the root cause of the shutdown. We elect these people to do a few simple tasks; to protect the citizens from foreign invasion, to provide for civil order so that citizens can conduct their lives in peace, to fund the federal government, and to hold the president accountable for enforcing laws.

It should be obvious to any but the most intellectually blind partisans that Congress has failed miserably at fulfilling their Constitutionally required responsibilities. Unless you’re a total mind-numbed Democrat, it is obvious that Congress has been totally negligent in fulfilling its responsibilities for years. Congress stood idly by and allowed the Biden administration to let at least 20 million people enter our country in violation of existing laws. Congress has allowed our major cities to become violent, crime infested hell holes. And Congress has not passed a budget since 1997 – 28 years of total fiscal irresponsibility.

The sticking point in this shutdown is that the Affordable Care Act (aka ObamaCare) subsides are set to expire at the end of this year. There are a couple of things, Dear Reader, that you need to remember about the ACA. It was drafted entirely by Democrats and passed without a single Republican vote. This was the bill, if you recall, of which then Speaker of the House Nancy “Tippler” Pelosi said, “We have to pass the bill, to see what’s in the bill.” Legislative malfeasance at best – total incompetence at worst. Since no one read the ObamaCare bill before it was passed; no one knew that the built-in subsidies written into the law would expire at then of 2025.

There is an incredible intellectual dissonance in all of this. If the purpose of ObamaCare was to make health insurance “affordable” why were subsidies written into the bill? And, why didn’t Democrats fix this when they were in power? Why did they wait until the 11^th hour to try to extend the subsidies? Does this speak of lack of leadership, political gamesmanship, or just gross incompetence and stupidity?

Any endeavor, industry, or business that requires subsidies is a failure by definition. Any legislator who votes in favor of subsidies should be thrown out of office. It is not the government’s responsibility to keep businesses or industries afloat. The free market is always right when left alone.

So here we are – 31 days into a ridiculous government shutdown all because Congress has abrogated its responsibilities for years. We are here because the Democrats passed an incredibly messed up law that forced Americans to buy a product from private companies – the very definition of fascist economics. We are here because Democrats failed to address the subsidies years before they expired.

We are here because of incompetence, political gamesmanship, and pandering. We are here because Democrat politicians care more for their positions, power, and kickbacks than they care about the American people. We are here because Democrats do not respect the will of the American people. We voted to see the federal budget cut – congressional Democrats want nearly 2 trillion more in spending – which was cut in the “One Big Beautiful Bill”.

We are here because the Ruling Class has no regard for the will of the voters.