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“I'm the biggest supporter of President Trump and that's why I fight every single day. And that's why I'm fighting here against my own Republican conference to fight harder against the Democrats,” ~ MTG

Instead of fighting against the opposition perhaps she could learn from the past when members of Congress worked with each other for the greater good. It’s foolish to be an obstructionist. She as well as like-minded people should learn that not everyone agrees with them. As such it’s government’s job to serve all it’s citizens not just those in today’s razor thin majority.

At least she is actually representing her constituents.

Pretty much. It’s been that way for decades. That’s how the system works unfortunately. No matter what any candidate says it won’t change either.

I guess you would rather see government come to a complete standstill if you can’t have everything you want? What about the people who want different things than you? Do their wants matter?

I’ll split the difference on this one. I’d rather see the government come to a standstill if I get nothing that I want. This of course I mean on an ongoing process, what is on the table now. It would be easy to say, hey , you’ve got the Bill of Rights, don’t you want them? But that’s what we all already have. An example of what I’m talking about could be the spending bills. Personally, I would not mind if the government shut down for a period of weeks if it resulted in enormous cuts in spending. Yes, it is expensive to shutdown but what they never tell us is that if Congress agrees to cut several trillion or instead of spending a few trillion more, it is cost effective. Think about all the lives impacted by the shutdown? I am. We can take the pain now and try our best to manage through or we can face a more painful, less manageable crisis if we kick the can down the road. They’ve always said this and apparently they were correct. Another example is border security and illegal immigration. If this had fixed when Reagan did his deal making, we’d be in a much less painful and easier managed state with our borders, national security and legal immigration problems. I know it’s easier said than done but this is exactly what I expect Congress to be able to handle. Allen is right about both major parties culling the herd. I think we need a 50% turnover in Congress to flush out some of the crap that is clogging the system. These are just thoughts off the top of my head, not something I’ve chiseled in stone.

I’ve made it no secret that some serious cuts need to be made. Problem is no one is willing to compromise. Take MTG for example she’s against spending and wants to replace the Speaker yet she inserted a dozen or more earmarks for her district. Gaetz forced McCarthy out yet he inserted the largest earmark into the same spending bill. So at the end of the day the all talk a good game but behind closed doors they all advocate for more spending.

Reagan supporters like to point to him as a cost reducer. But, he pushed for some lofty spending programs which contributed to the debt as well.

Shutting down the government has done nothing in the past to reduce spending. No reason to think that will change.

Those enumerated powers in that Constitution thing just gets in the way of doing stupid and evil stuff.

Justice Kagan once wrote, "most of government is unconstitutional.". She's a lefty, she should know.

Then, they want a loud-mouthed obstructionists if they re-elect her.

Do you give her props for the way she behaves as a member of the House of Representatives?
And, how about as a Republican?

Don't forget those poor black kids in the Bronx don't even know what a computer is.... Sadly those people that say things like that still get voted in....

Unless we do something about this, my children are going to grow up in a jungle, the jungle being a racial jungle with tensions having built so high that it is going to explode at some point. We have got to make some move on this.

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