Politics is always about dissent ! Politics is a divide on the way the nation should go but within the calming influence of - compromise ! That important ingredient seems to have been lost in the world's biggest economy.
The sticking point seems to be " Obamacare ". This is a project designed to bring more Americans under the security of health insurance, but some in the " Tea Party " wing of the Republican party see it as "Socialism " and block a critical money bill unless it is neutered.
As a result, the American government has furloughed 800,000 employees. They have been told to stay home on indefinite leave of absence - without pay. NASA will shut down except for a skeleton staff to service the needs of the orbiting space station, all of America's prime tourist attractions, parks, museums - and even the Statue of Liberty - will close - and the country will gradually grind to a halt.
Unless this financial crisis can be resolved, a bigger disaster is looming large. America's debt ceiling is another money bill that may be refused - and if that happens the world's biggest economy will default on it's debts.
That would be the unthinkable ! It would certainly engender world financial chaos - and probable undetermined risks. It could trigger a world recession that would make the 08 crash look like a Sunday school picnic.
Such is the way the human mind behaves when politicians retreat behind the stockade of " political principles ". Both sides have dug in their heels and nobody seems prepared to trade the " give and take " that is the basis of " compromise " !
Somehow an explanation that was once used to try and explain the folly of the Vietnam war comes to mind.
" In order to save the village, it became necessary to destroy the village ".
That seems applicable in the present circumstances !
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