jg54170
OCS JAN12th
The funding for ACA is another huge issue I believe. We as a nation have to get the deficit under control or it will cripple us. All the mandatory spending is approximately 60-70% (can't recall the amount but it is the larger potion) of expenditures while what being held up currently makes up the smaller portion of government expenditures. We need to decrease spending, not come up with more schemes on how to take from the producers in society and give to those who have dropped out of the work force.
BigRed, you are correct that ACA is going to be tied to mandatory spending. The GOP is just using the CR as leverage to try and modify/delay/disrupt/dismantle or accomplish whatever the hell the GOP is trying to do.
I believe that the government shut down should not have occurred but we have at least seen the CiC say he is willing to negotiate and work on the ACA yesterday as a result. I don't believe that he would have been willing to negotiate at all prior to the train wreck our government has caused. Whether anything comes of the negotiations...we will see.
BigRed, you are correct that ACA is going to be tied to mandatory spending. The GOP is just using the CR as leverage to try and modify/delay/disrupt/dismantle or accomplish whatever the hell the GOP is trying to do.
I believe that the government shut down should not have occurred but we have at least seen the CiC say he is willing to negotiate and work on the ACA yesterday as a result. I don't believe that he would have been willing to negotiate at all prior to the train wreck our government has caused. Whether anything comes of the negotiations...we will see.