A Plan Please

In my last post I blasted the Republicans for being unwilling to work with President Obama on the debt ceiling. I stand by my criticism of them. However, I would be remiss if I did not also point out the fact that the Republicans have at least presented a plan out to the public. First, it was the plan from Congressman Paul Ryan. Now they have recently passed a plan through the House of Representatives that requires a balanced budget. I may have issues with the plan but at least it is out there, which is more than what we are getting from our president.
Why have we not seen the Democrat plan? Are they not capable of putting together a plan to solve the debt ceiling crisis? Of course they are. The fact of the matter is that they do not want to put out a plan. Once you put out a plan then the opposing political party can attack the specifics of the plan. It is smart politics to let your political opponents produce a specific plan that you can attack while you stick with generalities. The Democrats are playing smart politics with this ploy.
But they are not contributing to solving our problem. Perhaps this is what is really wrong with us. It is not that our political system is creating our economic problems, although that might be the case, but it is that our political system does not provide incentives for us to solve those problems. Republicans want to keep the Tea Party people happy and thus take tax revenues completely off the table. Democrats want to keep their political advantage and so will not produce a workable plan. Both are playing politics instead of finding solutions.
And do you wonder why I refuse to be either a Republican or a Democrat?

Sincerely,

Trouble-Maker