awesome, now we're getting somewhere. next up, assault weapons.
there's another mass shooting, and the Democrats refuse to negotiate the debt ceiling without a full assault weapons ban being attached. after some wrangling, the compromise is one assault weapon per household, and all ammunition purchases are logged into a database so that those who are making large purchases can be flagged and investigated.
isn't this fun? we've found a new way to pass controversial legislation!
in reality, if this happened, the same people who support this tactic now would be in the gun forum calling for civil war. you just don't see it because you support the side that's doing it this time. i don't like the PPACA, either; i think it should have been scrapped once single payer was off the table. i like this tactic even less, though. this shutdown makes us look like complete idiots, and it's going to cost money. if it looks like we're going to default, that will be an utter disaster. interest on the debt will go up, our credit rating will go down, and we risk losing global reserve currency status. this will end up amounting to the largest tax increase in modern history, and all because some representatives wanted to throw a tantrum over health care. we cannot and should not govern this way.