As I See It
Disappointed in Republicans in Congress
Well, it certainly didn’t take long for congressional Republicans to disappoint me. Their continuing resolution keeps Biden-era spending levels and lets politicians burn through your money like spoiled trust fund kids.
And here’s something they conveniently forget to tell you. By law, roughly three-quarters of government spending happens automatically. No action from Congress needed. Social security checks still go out. The military still operates. Medicare and veterans’ benefits keep flowing.
The real impact of a shutdown? It’s a paid vacation for bureaucrats and agencies you’ve never heard of. So when politicians say we have to pass a continuing resolution or government will shut down, they’re not telling you the whole truth. Only nonessential functions of government stop. And that’s not a bad thing. No more excuses, no more blank checks, and no more continuing resolutions. Do your job and pass a real budget.
As I See It, I’m Andy Parish.
Roy
March 14, 2025 at 8:44 am
With your level of experience, Andy, you know that a synonym for politics is posturing. There are more important tasks ahead than squabbling over a routine Continuing Resolution. Even Chuck Schumer knows that.
The opportunity for Federal cost trimming is at hand like never before, even when a couple of judges who want to be on TV temporarily slow things down.
Trump has momentum unseen in recent Washington politics and the Democrats are flailing, hiring lawyers to find sympathetic judges who might slow the avalanche.
Trump knows he won’t win all the battles of dismantling, but he’ll win many of them, and the public is behind him.
Andy Parrish
March 14, 2025 at 1:00 pm
Thanks for your comment. My frustration goes back to 2016 when we had 241 seats in the House, 52 in the Senate, and control of the White House.
Every Republican ran on full repeal of ObamaCare. Earlier that year, the House and Senate passed a full ACA repeal and sent it to President Obama, who vetoed it. Yet when Trump took office—despite his support for full repeal—the GOP failed to send him the same bill.
Republicans were elected to end out-of-control spending—arguably the issue that gave the GOP control of the Senate in 2024. Yet at the first test, we failed.
I also don’t believe continuing resolutions should be the norm. We deserve a two-year budget, which would provide stability and prevent Congress from wasting money.
Roy
March 14, 2025 at 2:03 pm
I’m just grateful that this time around, Trump can concentrate on the issues that got him elected in 2024, without being sidetracked by the media showing pictures of forest rangers sitting home because the Federal government is shut down and false reports of Social Security checks being late.
Trump, at least for two years, also doesn’t have the distraction of Nancy Pelosi’s phony impeachment drama. That’s why it’s imperative to get the big waste attended to first. In two years, the Democrats could retake the House and all this would be out of reach.
If I remember right, didn’t Senator Ron Johnson advocate an automatic renewal of budgets if agreement wasn’t reached to prevent all this posturing if shutdowns loomed?
Howard
March 14, 2025 at 6:17 pm
Omg can we get over whining about Obama care. The biggest reason for filing bankruptcy is medial bills . The way it is now you don’t have to participate and you pay what you can based on income. If the medical industrial complex wasn’t so greedy and corrupt in this country we wouldn’t need the government to get involved. And please don’t go on about how we have the best medical care in the world. The doctors can do amazing things but what good is it if people can’t afford it. You will probably also make the argument that other systems have long waits for care to that I would say try and make an appoint and see how far out it will be. I also remember people saying when Obama care was being debated they didn’t want the government deciding who lived and who died. Does it make feel better having the insurance companies making that decision instead. More people want it then not and I don’t see any other country wanting to emulate our system .