House of Reprentatives Spending Proposal Delays Health Care Funding: Shutdown Looms

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Ham on Wry's disgust regarding the heinous posturing evident in the House of Representatives with its latest maneuver to delay funding of the Affordable Health Care Act knows no bounds. The members' callous disregard of the far-reaching effects such action places on government agencies and recipients of their services spurs this blogger to once again call for their ouster during the next election. That means any representative who voted for this abomination. The House has played citizens like pieces on a chessboard, and it's time to show disgust for their political jockeying at the polls.

The 27th Amendment protects the pay of congressional members, but government agencies, military personnel, and the U.S. postal service employees won't receive paychecks, although members of the armed forces will receive I.O.U's. What a relief that is for those laying their lives on the line for a country where politicians still get paid for wreaking financial hardship on others. Fortunately, once the shutdown ends, history shows that unpaid government workers will eventually receive lost pay.

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For those who live in Ohio, voting John Boehner out of office would provide one of the greatest services a citizen can make to America. He shows a total lack of leadership and sways in the wind with his support to whatever group screams the loudest. Ham on Wry also urges Virginia to rid the country of Eric Cantor, another representative who speaks out of both sides of his mouth and does little to move government in a positive direction.

The Senate has vowed to veto the spending bill passed by the House, so a government shutdown looks quite likely, unless the House passes the Senate version of the spending bill that will restore funding to healthcare. Boehner's infantile whining and sour countenance do little to allow much hope of averting at least a short government shutdown. This kind of nonsense would cause immediate dismissal in the private sector. Remember that in the next election, readers.