There are always two sides to a story. And, if it is about guilt, one side is never absolutely innocent or completely in the wrong. And so, yes, Democrats AND Republicans are at fault. Both parties must share the blame for our nation’s financial problems—but not equally.
The fact is that guilt is seldom, if ever, shared equally between two opposing parties. One side usually tips the scale in the measure of stubbornness, recalcitrance, uncooperativeness, hate, spite, or meanness, or whatever. In this case, I believe the Republicans are the ones being unjustifiably hardnosed and pigheaded about negotiating.
As I see it, the Republicans in Congress have been more or less inflexible from the get-go. They want to make Obama look as if he’s the evil, pinched-nosed, obdurate fixated one. He’s not. I hear Obama calling for real, rational, and reasonable spending-cuts AND increased means of adding revenue by shoring up tax-loop-holes for the wealthy, for example. But the Republicans in Congress will have none of it. Claiming that they’ve already given-in some, they now want to see only cuts! And we, the average middle-class guy living on Main Street, must pay for it. That is neither reasonable nor considerate. Indeed, they now seem glad that the fiscal cliff sequester is here and are downplaying its potential negative effects on the economy.
Most American’s believe Obama’s approach is in fact reasonable and acceptable. So why are the Republicans in Congress not respecting the majority of Americans? They say that they stand for a true democracy. They say that they are for the people. They say that they are only thinking of what is best for America. But their actions speak otherwise. For whom are they really working? Big money, the powerful, the super-wealthy, who?!
Furthermore, speaking to my brothers and sisters in the Lord, I wonder why so many support the congressional Republican financial agenda when the Bible makes it very clear that we are to be mindful of the poor and needy? Rightwing Christian Republican conservatives speak so passionately about bringing back moral order, with respect to things like abortion, gay marriage, etc. Yet, regarding moral issues, the worst that Jesus said for example, regarding the woman caught in adultery was, “He who is without sin among you, let him be the one to cast the first stone” and Woman where are those who condemn you? Neither do I condemn you. Go and sin no more. [See John 8:1-11] But as to the rich, wealthy, and powerful Jesus said, “Truly I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through an eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God.” Go figure! [See Matthew 19:16-24]
Note also Micah 6:8, "And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God." Likewise in Zechariah: “Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other.” [See Zechariah 7:1-14]
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