Government Shut Down and Union Contracts

"By March 4, lawmakers must pass a short-term resolution to continue funding the government, or President Obama and congressional leaders can strike a deal on how to fund government operations for the final seven months of fiscal 2011. Failing to do so would prompt at least a partial shutdown affecting various agencies and functions." (Washington Post) 

With federal government facing a possible shut down, and union protests and riots popping up in America, one has to wonder how is our electorate letting this happen? For a democratic nation there really is not much compromise and democracy going on lately. As we can see in the Federal government and in Wisconsin with the union protests, is seems more of a my way or the highway, in regards to regulation and legislation. I remember during the health care debates a year ago that we had similar party politics and controversy, but our electorate at least played the game and voted no or yes and was at least involved in the fight for Americas future.

How sad is it that sense a year ago, we have gotten to the point where compromise is worse then complete failure. Instead of working to find the middle ground, we try to starve our political adversaries. The fact that state senators could just pack up and leave to stall a vote to me is just a slap in the face of America politics. As i see it, acts like this illustrate the servility of the times we are in. I only hope that when things start getting worse more people will start waking up. And maybe just maybe, we can start working to fix the problems of our nation, instead of trying to pin our failures on the backs of our opponents. But then again I'm a realist, so batten down the hatches and hold on time, these next few years are going to be a bumpy ride.