'Wholly irrational': Columnist says GOP shutdown 'love affair' sets them up for failure
Raw StoryAfter days of upheaval following tech billionaire Elon Musk strong-arming the House GOP into killing a bipartisan budget agreement and setting the stage for a government shutdown, a compromise was salvaged at the last minute with the passage of a slightly pared-down spending agreement — with the backing of House Democrats. As for using a shutdown as a political bargaining chip … well, as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters last year, 'They never have produced a policy change, and they’ve always been a loser for Republicans politically.'" But just saying "no" to everything doesn't solve any of America's real problems, McArdle continued: "Saying 'no' to abortion won’t undo the cultural and economic forces that have made it hard for young people to form healthy, fertile families. Saying 'no' to trade won’t magically bring back the old manufacturing economy that so many Republicans long for."
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