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Are we ready for the next crisis?
on January 4, 2013 @ 5:30 am (Updated: 8:08 am - 1/4/13 )The 113th Congress has been seated and will get right to work on the next step in the big budget debate - spending.
Already we are being warned of yet another event horizon: the Debt Crevasse.
Conservatives are warning that unless they can win substantial cuts in government spending, they will block any increase in the debt ceiling. That will force the United States of America either to refuse to pay its bondholders, or to start closing its offices and withholding government checks.
We all roll our eyes and wonder, what kind of crazy system sabotages itself like this?
But if you reflect for a moment, you realize that's how MOST unpleasant tasks ultimately get done.
Everybody wants government run the way we run our own lives, right? Well, wish granted.
How did you finish your big college papers? Using careful time management techniques?
No. You partied, you BS'd about it, and then the night before it was due, you picked up two six-packs of some energy drink, and churned out 50 pages cut and pasted from the internet.
Human beings need a deadline. A threat.
Congress, being the highest legislative authority in the land, must impose its own threats, but it's the same thing.
We don't have absolute rulers, which means the difficult decisions require the consent of at least 278 people. It's the 217 members of the House, 60 members of the Senate, and one president, each of whom was stubborn enough to survive an election to get where they are.
It's happened throughout our history and based on everything I read about the debt ceiling, it's about two months away from happening again.
Dave Ross is co-host of The Ross & Burbank Show on KIRO Radio (weekdays 9-Noon) and never too far from the spotlight.
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Newton wrote...Most people want goverment to run like we run are lives!.January 4, 2013 9:48 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }- Reply
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Ron_Spins wrote...OK President Obama start leading now ! (Do your job)January 4, 2013 10:37 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }- Reply
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sportsguru wrote...There is a slight differenceJanuary 4, 2013 11:44 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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HLC wrote...The only crisis this country faces is sitting in the oval office.January 4, 2013 11:52 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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CH wrote...OK President Obama start leading now ! (Do your job) . . . .January 4, 2013 12:28 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }- Reply
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ron prevost wrote...CH (assuming you actually are NOT a Lawn incarnation), please ne specific.January 4, 2013 5:12 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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Ron_Spins wrote...President Obama is not a leaderJanuary 4, 2013 10:14 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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maplefish wrote...Obama isJanuary 5, 2013 7:23 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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ron prevost wrote...Thank You, MYNWJanuary 5, 2013 8:11 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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William Lawn wrote...The AJ version is gone Mr. ronJanuary 5, 2013 9:43 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }- Reply
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Howdy wrote...raise the roof babyJanuary 5, 2013 9:42 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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gaymarriedchristianfromhollywood wrote...I second the motion.January 6, 2013 4:15 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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It's me! Ha ha! wrote...Left wing Parrots.January 5, 2013 10:07 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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Ron_Spins wrote...Fix the destruction?January 6, 2013 2:25 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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gaymarriedchristianfromhollywood wrote...how dare youJanuary 6, 2013 6:56 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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Ron_Spins wrote...http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VTr_tefdJK8January 6, 2013 3:22 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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gaymarriedchristianfromhollywood wrote...Ron_Spins, I wasn't serious. As a progressive Obama isJanuary 6, 2013 4:17 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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gaymarriedchristianfromhollywood wrote...I wasn't calling you an idiot so don't freak out.January 6, 2013 4:19 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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Ron_Spins wrote...Disaster ReliefJanuary 6, 2013 5:11 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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messiah101 wrote...Ron spinsJanuary 7, 2013 8:35 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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gaymarriedchristianfromhollywood wrote...Well, I think that was the fiscal cliff bill, not Sandy bill.January 7, 2013 1:01 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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