Getting Loud on the Bus    April 25, 2013

As soon as I saw the toxic waste truck leaving the Head Start cafeteria, I knew sequestration had gone too far.  While lofty statesmen in congress protest they didn’t know anything about all these consequences, skeptics’ cloying voices annoy listeners with droned intonations about how congress refused compromise and permitted sequester legislation, and it is, Heaven forbid, ingenuous to plead innocent at this point.  It’s just not statesmanlike.  It is however, adolescent.  One is tempted to ask these legislators if they are going to Junior Prom next week. 

Sequestration is the logical preamble to the Deficit Scold agenda—you know, those valedictorian economist wanabees who still haven’t heard of Investment-Savings Liquidity-Money theory, and wouldn’t listen if you bull-horned them inside a bus.  Long story short, austerity screws about 95% of Americans, and you know which 95% we’re talking about.  The scary part of the whole situation is the word ‘preamble’.  This is just the start for the squirrels. 

             If you want to know about the logical conclusion, read Charles Dickens.  So far, adulthood eludes the House.  Around here, we wonder why the House is refusing to follow regular congressional rules and meet with the Senate to arrive at a budget resolution.  They are choosing instead to stay on their bus and ignore the loud voice of reality.  You’ll probably see a lot of them at the Junior Prom, if you chaperone.  They’ll be wearing expensive shoes, custom suits and inappropriate grins.