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The legislative tactic known as “reconciliation” uses a soothing word to mask an ugly reality. Far from the dictionary definition of “restoring to friendship and harmony,” the Congressional term “reconciliation” suggests the spurning of cooperation and the brute use of partisan power. Worst of all, in the case of Obamacare, it also involves a dangerous, destructive violation of democratic principle.
The original idea of reconciliation, first employed in 1980, involved desperate efforts during the Carter era to bring the exploding federal deficit under control –a goal embraced by both political parties. As the New York Times described it (March 7, 2010):...
Reconciliation: Disdain For The Public, Disregard For Democracy
There's no free lunch.
Margaret Thatcher's remarks about Socialism being great until you run out of other people's money.
Ben Franklin's observation that the pursuit of happiness is a God given right but it is the individual's duty to catch up with it. (Even God haters like that one!)
No man or nation can borrow their way out of debt. Let's hope China continues to play nice while Pelosi and Obama lie.
Would you start paying for an automobile with the idea that it might arrive several years from now?
Would you put unsurmountable debt on the heads of the kids that were not aborted?