{"id":20682,"date":"2013-10-13T21:59:19","date_gmt":"2013-10-14T01:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=20682"},"modified":"2013-10-13T21:59:19","modified_gmt":"2013-10-14T01:59:19","slug":"moving-the-goalposts-when-its-convenient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=20682","title":{"rendered":"Moving The Goalposts When It’s Convenient"},"content":{"rendered":"

One problem with the current negotiations in Washington<\/a> regarding the government shutdown<\/a> is that both sides keep moving the goalposts. President Obama<\/a> says he’s not talking to anyone unless they surrender first, and the Republicans don’t seem to know exactly what they want.<\/p>\n

Paul Mirengoff<\/a> at Power Line<\/a> posted an article today about the current state of affairs. He noted that Senator Susan Collins<\/a> has made a suggestion that meets the needs of what both sides originally said they wanted.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Collins\u2019 proposal would have extended government funding<\/a> for six months and boosted the debt ceiling through the end of January. By way of a fig leaf for Republicans, it also would have delayed a medical device tax in the health care law for two years and instituted an income verification requirement for qualifying for Obamacare subsidies.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Democrats<\/a> rejected the plan not because of the Obamacare fig leaf, but because they want more money for the government. Collins\u2019 proposal would have retained the spending levels established by the sequester, though it would have provided the government with much-needed flexibility in spending this money.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Evidently the debate has morphed from differences in ObamaCare<\/a> to the ever-present debate on government spending<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As long as either side believes that the shutdown is working for them politically, it will not be solved. Right now the Democrats believe it is working for them. As long as they believe that, the government will remain closed.<\/p>\n

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