Fiscal conservatives are never popular with those on the government dole. Through decades of progressive policies the left has managed quite successfully to addict a good portion of the people with "free goodies". Not enough to make them well to do but by golly enough to keep them faithful to the Democrat party. These tactics made FDR so popular that the people voted for him three times. The most successful one was probably Johnson's Great Society where it has insured the votes of most black people for the Democrats for decades and beyond. They continue to vote more than 90% Democratic as their families disintegrate, black unemployment keeps rising and the number of unwed black mothers giving birth continues to increase (now over 70%). But after decades of these feckless programs/policies it has become very evident that poverty is perpetuated through government dependency. Even when we are spending a trillion more a year than what the government takes in, the Progressives keep throwing their constituents a new bone here and there from Obamaphones, increases in food stamps, and an array of welfare programs. And today all the benefits a single mom is entitled to is now greater in value than a couple with children both working at median income and paying taxes. That's pathetic.
But there is one really big flaw in the Progressive's thinking. He loves to tax those who take advantage of capitalism and become successful so he can redistribute the money, but at the same time has a really bad habit of wanting to over regulate everything in the private sector to the point it stifles economic growth cutting his own throat. The Progressive tends to be an arrogant bastard. Look how he became so brazen to support the shoving through of Obamacare when the majority of the people didn't want it.
Since FDR every stinking bureaucracy created has become an over-bloated boondoggle that look nothing like what they were sold to the American people when they were first created. Every last one of them needs serious reform or ended but you won't find a Progressive agreeing with that because in their arrogance that would mean they would have to admit failure. All these programs have become burdens on the states and at the state/city levels programs are getting cut because they can't be sustained.
Because of this weak economy those college students that fell for all that hope and change crap have since graduated and can't find jobs. A lot of them aren't liking the change and see a dismal future ahead. The fact that recession is lingering and job growth is strangled by the rules of ObamaCare and anti capitalistic policies that have poured out on the left may be good for Democrats, since the number of those eager for benefits increases. But Detroit is the poster child that tells ALL it can't go on forever.
So in a Progressive's arrogance or should I state ignorance, whatever, he sees Republicans being blamed for the shutdown. Oh foolish one. This isn't the 1990's. And the reason the Republicans found a backbone is because of the countless calls they have received by their constituients which include Republicans, Independents and even some Democrats to stop the feckless spending.
If I were a Progressive, I'd be real concerned over the number of so called Reagan Democrats that are very angry with Obamacare and how it violates their religious rights. A good majority of them tend to be Catholic. Just last month nuns from the "Little Sisters of the Poor" filed a class action suit against HHS over Obamacare forcing them to directly or indirectly support the contraceptive mandate that violates their beliefs. And there are numerous other lawsuits that are similar currently working their way through the system. Yes, it will be the arrogance of the Progressive that will be his downfall.
