Quite a few folk will not have to worry about a paycheck for another two weeks as President Obama signed a continuing resolution to keep the government going through March 18. That is sort of, kinda, borderline good news.
Oh, it’s going to make some people mad, those who say the $4 billion in cuts are too little, and those who feel the sting of reducing funds. However, the cuts are in programs Obama had already targeted. Not exactly a “win-win.” I despise that word. That is unless it is said by hot actress and former Dallas Cowboy cheerleader, Sarah Shahi, who stars in USA network’s new series “Fairly Legal.” Shahi, who is incidentally of Spanish and Iranian descent, plays a lawyer who gets fed up with the profession and becomes a mediator. Win-win. Say it all you want sweetie. Oh, and if you are a bigot who doesn’t like Iranians, Spanish or both just because of their heritage, then you probably won’t like me either. And I don’t give rat’s ass.
Yes, it’s already a week like that.
Back on the point though, the continuing resolution just puts off another possible shutdown for those who work for or whose livelihood is tied to a federal government entity.
If I thought that the politicians who are responsible for this are principled and really believed that hurting more than a million workers and their families, and possibly putting a major dent in the economy, at least in the short term, as a way to trim the budget then perhaps it would make me feel at least a little better. Holy … that’s a long sentence. Plum near wore me out. But you get my drift.
It is hard to see how these people, the lawmakers and those who elected them, get it.
As the waiting continues, it just goes on, like a dog scratching itself.
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