Well...there. Debt ceiling is going to be raised. That nasty, nasty issue of debt reduction is being addressed. Phew. Well. Thank goodness that's done.
What a couple of months, eh?
My goodness...seems everything is in order now, though.
So.....about those jobs.
I can't speak for the rest of the country so much, but I can say that Michigan lost about 35,000 jobs in the past four months while our representatives were playing Connect Four and scoring some SWEET sick points against one another with some televised zingers.
Oh it was great theater, it was. And let me tell ya, if America actually gave two tablespoons of shower-drain hair about the debt limit instead of being frustrated with the deteriorating conditions in our lives, we'd have been SO RIVETED and SO IMPRESSED with your brilliant maneuvers in this whole negotiation process instead of furious and watching America's leadership with a new level of disbelief that you folks actually live in the same dimension we do.
It's like going to a starving nation and doing food sculpture in the town square -- slap the hungry man's wrist "tsk tsk tsk! No no...not until I'm finished...oh you'll be SO impressed."
Nobody racked up political points, here. We just HATE WASHINGTON **MORE**.
Jobs.
Okay?
Jobs!
Now that you've managed to slash spending in a massive recession, you'll need to double-time it, guys.