http://www.caribbean360.com/index.php/opinion/1026057.html
A good article that shows how the shutdown has the potential for severe negative impact outside of the US. "While the Republicans have obstructed Budgets before - notably in late 1995 and early 1996 when Bill Clinton was President - there is more than a little racism toward this first non-White American President by the right wing Tea Party element even though they have not dared to say so. The Republican intent in refusing to adopt the governments budget is to sabotage the Affordable Care Act President Obamas health programme that would give coverage to all that has been labelled Obamacare. Incidentally, there have already been over 30 attempts to stop it. " "The truth of the matter is that these fights in Washington are presented as disputes over the budget and the debt ceiling but they are really about next years mid-term elections. The Republicans are determined to weaken President Obama and to lay the blame for the government shutdown squarely at his feet in the hope that the electorate will vote against the Democratic Party. If the Republicans can also force Obama to abandon his signature health care Act, they will claim a massive victory and a major humiliation of a President whose face they have long wanted to grind into the ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:367590 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
