Try ignore the merits of any case
It is realistic to ignore the merits of any case, and just focus on the facts. To develop this idea, one should think about capabilities vice intents. All that is going on today, presently health care reform and cap and trade, naturally fall into this normal category. Trying to figure out intents, which is the American way, is a waste of time to most people, though they will do it, anyway.
More alarming is so many American people who seem (ignorantly I think) to subjugate the American Constitution to their point of view and I believe, honestly held beliefs. Along the way in this process, these fellow Americans are becoming more like Banana Republic’s leaders in their method, and are using the best marketing methods to sell their idea (which used to be called Nazi propaganda). The idea of separation of powers and the Constitution has seemed to dim compared to executing one’s point of view.
There are other ways. Mostly there are American ways. We Americans are different from the rest of the world for a good reason, and so many people who come here are a sign of all this. The illegal south of the border people are the most recent example.
In the end, the merits of any case can be debated, manipulated, etc. But if it can’t be financed, then it in the end won’t happen. Back a couple of years ago, Moody, the financial rating firm, forecasted the federal borrowing bonds would hit junk bond status in 2016. Now it has been moved up by them to closer times, like 2010. Even President Obama has said if people won’t loan the money the federal government needs to meet the passed legislation, then “the party’s over”.
What does a country like the USA defaulting mean? Nobody really knows. One good guess is that the federal Congress will rescind most of the laws that demanded more federal borrowing. Also expect havoc to prevail. Uncertainty will be the main cause. Thank goodness we still live here and things will respond to our needs. Life and taxes will go on. And we are already paying considerable federal taxes. Imagine if federal politicians have to do the traditional debate and fight about distributing what federal taxes already exist.
One can reasonably guess that a third party will arise. Americans are more likely to vote than revolt. If a third party arises, this one will based on an idea vice all the earlier examples based on an individual. Whatever the name is assigned, it is hard to do (creating a national party). And many of this party’s members will be from the present Democrats and Republicans. And there is nothing in the Constitution about the two parties that run the country today. Even the Whig national party has long faded, so there is nothing constant. And one can also predict that an amendment will come out of all this, one that term limits members of the Senate and the House of Representatives. After all, they term limited the President already.
Back to the theme. Try ignore the merits of any case because finances will take over. This normally applies if our Country can’t pay for it, and these are idealist goals at best.