Analysis
After reading
this article and hearing the in-class debate on this topic, I am inclined to
agree with the sentiments of press secretary Jay Carney when he said that
"Any member of the Republican Party who votes for this bill is voting for
a shutdown." I think that even considering a shutdown as an option is
preposterous, and I wish that the Republicans of the House would unite over
another issue where they could actually get something passed and make a
difference. It seems that there is no logical way for this bill to ever get
past the House, with a Democratic majority in the Senate and the President sure
to veto any bill delaying or making ineffectual his legislation.
In the text,
it talks about how Americans, generally speaking, no longer trust the
government to do what is right and feel that public officials do not care what
they think. The House, and therefore the most Republican part of our current
government, by passing this new bill, has put the economic interests of our
country in jeopardy. How do these men and women of the Republican party ever
expect to win the trust of the people or another presidential election when they make decisions which
could be so detrimental to the people they represent? I am definitely not a fan
of Obamacare, but is a government shutdown really a preferable option? I think that
those against the Affordable Care Act need to find a more reasonable, rational
approach to opposing that act that doesn't threaten our country's recovering economy.
