As the U.S. Senate left the Capitol and awaited the decision
of the House of Representatives to pass the “fiscal crisis” averting bill, Rep.
Eric Cantor from our very own state of Virginia “told members in a closed-door
meeting in the basement of the Capitol that he could not support the
legislation in its current form.”[1]
In essence, Eric Cantor and the rest of his Republican Party
colleagues who voted “no” on the Senate bill were willing to throw the U.S.
economy, and by extension the world economy, into a panic because it did not
pass the litmus test of their narrow ideological beliefs.
Notwithstanding the fact that the Republicans in the
Congress received a much better deal than their political might should have
enabled them to, Cantor and company in the House were not satisfied.
Luckily, the bill was passed in the House of Representatives
by a 257-167 vote[2]
(85 Republicans and 172 Democrats voted in favor), averting for the time being
another self-inflicted economic downturn.
While the mainstream media wants nothing more than to spread
the blame for political gridlock evenly across both parties, it is unequivocal
that the Republicans have been the most unreasonably obstructionist since the
last U.S. House began.
Somehow the idea has become gospel among many Republicans
that in order to fix the deficit problem, America should unravel its own
economy, driving the deficit up, and then somehow restore cherished Republican
ideas that will magically lift the U.S. economy out of $16 trillion worth of
debt. This logic is quite insane, to say the least.
And somehow, many of these same Republicans keep getting
elected into office, Republicans like Eric Cantor. With so much at stake
economically, Cantor once again proved that he is simply a reactionary
politician with political ambition but few political ideas worth discussing.
If it’s true that you reap what you sow, then Cantor’s
willingness to let the country fall into a self-inflicted economic debacle will
come back to boot him out of office. At least, one can hope!
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