They won’t, because at the end of the day, they are part of the larger, more powerful party in DC, which is the Appropriators.
The liberals appropriate on behalf of the unions and government employees. The GOP appropriates on behalf of companies that seek out lifetime type contracts for overpriced and inferior products.
This is why every time it seems that Lucy has decided not to yank the football from Charlie Brown, conservatives always end up on their back amazed that GOP leadership caved again. There is a Tea Party because there’s nobody left to bullshit any more. McConnell, Lindsay, and the rest are there to figure out how to extend this old patronage system another year or two before they run out the string.
What happened today is that both sides figured out that you can’t have the cuts and the tax breaks and get their people elected or re-elected. Seriously, that’s the deal.
If any of them actually cared about solvency or about leaving this debt to their grandkids, then somebody in that room would be dead by now. It would have come to blows.
But they aren’t. They can’t borrow another buck from the bank, and the debt is so huge they can’t light a fire and have the insurance pay it off.
Somebody’s not getting reelected, and there is no way either side is going to take that hit. Default is probably going to happen.
The GOP is going to look at it and say, “It’s on him ultimately.”
All the useful idiots on our side saying, “It’s true, we need to raise taxes” are just aiding and abetting.
I hope we default. We deserve the government we are getting right now.
So well said.
Thank you.