However, the topic (IMHO) deserves continued review and comment.
Actually, I’m glad you posted/reposted the article - it is of critical importance, and it should be viewed and pondered by as many FReepers as possible.
And despite the glib comments of a number of respondents, the problem defies a simple solution. I’d love to see a government shutdown if it showed the country how much of the federal Leviathan we could do without. But if a government shutdown gave us 4 more years of Obama, it would be an unmitigated disaster - and the MSM would pull out all the stops to steer public opinion in a direction that posited Obama as our hero and savior.
I expect this topic (”the GOP congress has now assumed responsibility for record deficits”) to be a drawing card for a variety of FR disruptors and sympathy trolls, and I hope readers will consider the discussion of it accordingly.