maintaining the base

 I heard that snap/ebt cards will not be loaded up on November 1st. A budget deal hasn't been reached and no compromises made as of yet. It would only take a handful of Democrat to agree to, at the very least, signing a clean resolution. That resolution would extend the existing budget for a period of time to allow for negotiations. That has been somewhat the way business has been conducted in the past. A stalemate, a clean resolution and an eventual deal. This time it appears that the Democrats are simply going to refuse to do that. I'm sure they feel they are making a point, standing strong in the face of opposition. What they really want to project is their opposition to Donald trump, his administration and any plan or polices that administration establishes. 

 The vast majority of those that will be effected by this no snap/ebt card denial are those that vote for the  democratic party. Yes, they are using their own base as a tool to apply pressure. They are more than willing to do that with the hope that that same base will rise up and begin rioting, causing destruction and fueling further unrest. It's a very dangerous game they are playing. And make no mistake about that, it is a game to those in congress, a chess match. The news reports all this as the blame game and that is exactly correct. The democrats want to blame the republicans for all of this because the republicans will not cave  to their demands. The republicans are pointing the finger at those democrats because they will not sign a clean resolution to at least provide more time. 

 We the people, the general public, are the ones that all this directly impacts. Those in congress are supposed to be representing our wishes. Does anyone of us want to the government shut down? I don't believe so. The democrats refusing to even so much as agree to an extension of the existing budget are not acting in the interest of we the people, regardless of political affiliation. Everyone is being affected, everyone! Well, those in congress aren't being impacted all that much, as they will continue to receive all their pay and allowances. It sure is easier to take a stand, when you can buy that stand. The democrats have collectively decided that is what they are going to do. 

  What are they waiting for? The republicans in congress have all voted several time to pass that clean resolution. All they are saying is, keep everything the way it is and we will continue to talk about it. The democrats are just stomping their feet like a little child in the candy store, but I want this! Their hope has to be the same as that little child, cause enough fuss that mommy caves and buys that candy bar. My mom was a republican and that never worked with her, no sir, that behavior got iced quickly enough. If there is any civil unrest, rioting, and destruction from this it will be on the hands of those democrats. They could avoid it all easily enough. They don't have to give up their demands, they just have to agree to talk about them. They won't! 

  It's my feeling it is about to get real folks. When you refuse to provide what people feel they are entitled to, there will be problems, big problems. This will highlight just how many people in this country are dependent upon the government. Those having that dependence will not see that as a bad thing, they are entitled. Meanwhile there are those that are paying for all of that, the taxpayers of this nation, we the people. It's something I have noticed over the years, people are quite generous, willing to provide for others, even advocate for all of that, right up until it begins to come out of their purses. Then, things have a way of changing rather quickly. A new perspective is established. Wait a minute.

 Congress is taking a week off. No need to be there when no one will agree to do anything. Personally I'm a bit upset that they are taking a week off. I never got to do that when I had a disagreement with the boss about anything. It was always his way or the highway unless I could convince him otherwise. Taking a weeks vacation didn't get that done. We the people are the boss of congress. We should be demanding that they are at work! 

 The democrats are banking on we the people to create such a fuss, such unrest, that it will force the republicans to capitulate to their demands. Well, for all the talk of our democracy that the democrats are constantly calling our CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC, that is how democracy works. Democracy is when the 51 force the 49 to do whatever it is they want. In this case they want the 6 to force the hand of the sixty. They plan on doing that by mobilizing their base. And what is their base? The dependent people of America are that base, made that way by the very policies and practices of the democratic party. Without their promise of "free stuff" they have no viable platform at all. It's the only way to keep that base.