Some evangelicals in Republican Party are feeling left out

While not raising the debt ceiling is not the weapon of choice, for lots of reasons, right now I believe that our 17 trillion (or so) debt is a far bigger U.S. enemy long-term than ISIS, al Qaeda, terrorism in general, etc. The idea behind using this tool is to force those in power to make the hard choices about how to spend what we have instead of spending what we don’t have. I don’t find the sequestration to be the best way to balance our budget either, but it’s still better than going even further into debt.

Any time hard choices have to be made, beloved programs will be cut alongside those that should be cut. That’s the nature of the beast. Anyone who has ever had to drastically cut spending to bring debt under control will have to give up both things they like and those that are beneficial (not just things they think they can easily live without) in order to achieve the greater goal.

Both parties play “kick the can” . Neither are responsible. The GOP may be more responsible but not much.

Issues not being addressed:

• Budgetary reform and closing the budget gap (it seems laughable to talk about balancing the budget)
• Social Security reform
• Medicare reform
• Supplemental Security Income disability program fix (there is massive fraud here)
• Immigration reform
• Fixing Obamacare - even Dems know it not workable

The two main issues before politicians of both parties:

• Fundraising &
• Reelection