And Everything Was Just Fine

At the last possible moment, our government finally came together and agreed to not cause even more damage.

In many ways, I approve of the way our government is set up. I approve of how ridiculously long it takes to get anything done because a deliberate pace is necessary when an entire nation can be impacted by your actions.

I do not approve of how the country has not been run for the last sixteen days. That was ridiculous. When worked in daycare, if a group of children couldn't agree to compromise, they couldn't do whatever it was they were doing to begin with. That was my rule; you play well with others or not at all. I wish there was a more direct way to let our congress know that the rule still holds; if they can't play nicely, they don't get to be in our government. It's a sure-fire way to not be reelected. The problem is, this reaction isn't immediately realized, so it isn't a good threat system.

My problem was that the American people didn't almost cause our country to default. The congressmen did. But the consequences would have been felt most by our citizens. Congress is made of mostly upper class. So when the price of milk skyrocketed, the effects wouldn't be as tangible. But those who didn't almost cause a global economic crisis would have born the brunt of the burden. And that isn't fair.

And none of this happened, so me complaining about it holds even less weight than it normally would.