To question the massive and unconstitutional scope of the modern federal government; to suggest that we not go deeper into debt to pay an already-obscene debt load; to deliver an actual filibuster rather than make a coward's agreement to dodge a vote; to reduce federal functions by a paltry 13%; to try to rescue future generations from penury, debt, and servitude -- are now all considered "crazy." In a perfect example of projection, the addicts have condemned the sober.
It should be noted that there was no danger of default, for the Treasury has more than enough money to pay interest on the national debt. What really got under people's skin was that "entitlement" spending would have to be shorn if the debt ceiling were not raised, which is not a default but rather a slight reduction of rampant thievery.
America was once proud, strong, and free, but now it is pusillanimous, weak, and slavish. The very notion of limited government strikes fear in Americans' feeble hearts, and we have no sense of life other than what government can force upon us. I do not fear what might happen; I lament what already has happened, and I understand that the time for pretending has passed. Ted Cruz is making a futile attempt to persuade the remnant that mainstream politics can still save us, but he is doing us a tremendous disservice. Look away from Washington, but rather turn your eyes to your state or city to preserve a flame of civilization in the darkness swirling about us.
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