Trying to Tune Out on 2012
Unawareness would be a gift in times like these–a blessing to rinse the mind of Mitt Romney, John Boehner, Mitch McConnell and their content-free daily kneejerks as well as pathetic it-could-be-worse defenses of Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
If old age is a shipwreck, an inner voice wheedles, just sit on the sand and stop sending messages in a bottle. On a Netflix life raft, it’s possible to wallow in the past and give up all hope of rescue.
Yet, the present and future keep crowding in. On the 40th anniversary of Watergate, Woodward and Bernstein resurface with a joint byline to claim that Nixon “was far worse than we thought.” An arguable assertion, since many of us thought the Unindicted Coconspirator was as bad as it gets.
And this prompts the question “How bad will it be after next November?”
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“And this prompts the question “How bad will it be after next November?””
Well lets think about that. It seems like we have two masses converging at the end of the year that will require something that neither political force wants.
COMPROMISE!. We have a deficit requirement that if no action is taken by congress automatic cuts to programs takes place. We also have tax policies that will raise taxes on everyone if no actions take place. So if neither party is willing to compromise on their positions, we have an economic bomb that is going to explode on January 1 that will have a negative effect on economic growth from both directions. Less money for consumers to spend due to tax increases and less spending by government due to deficit reduction requirements of previous actions (or non actions) by congress.
So lets not “tune out” all of 2012 as this is going to get very interesting to see who blinks first and who gives up something to protect something.If neither blicks no one gets anything.