....Isn't it ALWAYS highly partisan? Do you think either party would admit "they fucked up"?
....The Republicans are the Party of 'Deja vu', if you know what I mean. They'll keep repeating their mistakes over and over again, expecting a different result. We need to look no further than Trickle Down Economics, which they're getting ready to do again bigger than they ever done before? They won't get the tax cuts they need to offset their largest revenue cut to pay for their TAX CUT for the wealthy. It won't matter ... and that's why they are the ones who skyrocketed the national debt to $10 trillion by 2009.
....Mind you, I'm not saying the Democrats aren't guilty of stupidity either, but it just so happens that the drivers of the nation's current debt was initiated and continues to be funded by Republicans. It doesn't appear that either party is capable of resolving the nation's current debt crisis UNTIL it totally crashes the economy. And, seeing as the Republicans have time & time again tried to halt the debt ceiling crisis when Democrats hold office, I do believe this is actually the plan ... crash the national economy, just like Russia went through in the late 1980's-early 1990's, and start a new slate. Who will lose on this ... of course everyone depending on SS & Medicare & Medicaid to survive. Look at where the Republicans are wanting to cut funding now ... Medicaid, Medicare. They also began taxing insurance benefits who's premiums are pre-taxed off paychecks ... and soon, any premiums your employer pays towards your insurance, your employer will be be 1099ing those this year. During THIS president's administration prepare to also lose the tax exempt status of such things as life insurance proceeds ... who's going to pay for that? Of course the poor and middle class that depend on those to help their families survive.