Bloomberg is reporting that the House Republicans will accept the Senate version to avoid the “fiscal cliff”. The House has abrogated its Constitutionally mandated requirements under Article I, Section 7 to the Senate and executive branch. And they have approved this legislation which is an affront to every working American with barely a whimper. What are Americans who still have honor to do under these circumstances?
It is apparent that our government will not solve our financial crisis which they have created. If a political solution is not the answer, our only alternatives are to opt out of the system (Go Galt), physically rebel against tyranny or a combination of these two options. Unless America has degraded to the point outlined succinctly by George Orwell:
Until they [the oppressed workers] become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.
Winston Smith
1984
Or has America’s apathy already become ingrained into our culture:
“Who cares?” she said impatiently. “It’s always one bloody war after another, and one knows the news is all lies anyway.”
Julia
1984
When an irate, tireless minority keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men, will you join the fight to prevail?
David DeGerolamo
House Republicans Drop Bid to Add Spending Cuts to Bill
House passage of the Senate bill would avert $600 billion in automatic tax increases and spending cuts that take effect starting today. The Senate passed its plan on an 89-8 vote early this morning.
“Let’s accept the wins that we have and live to fight another day,” Cole said in an interview on Bloomberg Television.
