government shutdown

  • Democracy is the Problem

    Byjbp

    With the government shutdown entering its second week, the blame game is reaching new heights. In the Washington Post, Ezra Klein lists thirteen reasons why Washington is failing. The biggest reason, according to Klein, is that Systems like our own have a broad tendency toward instability and partisan conflict because a democratically elected executive can come…

  • Elections Have Consequences

    Byjbp

    In his comments on the eve of the government shutdown, Obama stated that “one faction of one party in one house of Congress in one branch of government doesn’t get to shut down the entire government just to refight the results of an election.” Ironically, the President himself is fighting the results of an election….