Political Games

10/14/13

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/14/rollback-cuts-fuels-claims-that-government-inflated-impact-partial-shutdown/

I feel like I should probably try to do a post about something other than the shutdown, but the big headlines continue to be about it so here I go again....

Outrage is what most people are feeling about the government as a whole right now. They can't get their act together and make anything work. The blame has been all over the place but now President Barack Obama is receiving a lot of the fire. There have been many charges that the cutbacks due to the shutdown were exaggerated and the closing off of  many popular vet memorials and the march in Washington to protest these closures. Fellow democrat and representative of Washington, DC criticized Obama for not letting her city spend revenue that the government has control over. There are also blames that Obama is trying to make this shutdown as painful as possible. He is playing games trying to pressure the Republicans, who are also receiving a lot of blame, to letting the Democrats get what they want. There was even a National Park Ranger who told The Washington Times, "We've been told to make life as difficult for people as possible. It's disgusting."

So it seems that there is a lot of misleading being done during this whole ordeal. We have talked about this in class about how politics today is becoming all about winning the power and less about the actual issues and what is best for the country. I am not surprised that the country is being in a way tricked and used to get one's way. Though it seems as though President Obama seems to be the one this time around, I know that the Republicans are to blame for playing games at different times, too. Now because of the mistrust everyone has towards the government it is hard to tell when we are being told and given the truth and when we are not. The boy who cried wolf. Politics is becoming very muddled and confusing. I just hope that after all this stuff, we can get back of track and help our country to a better place, whatever it takes.