Week in Review: Feb 14th -- Feb19th
Congress' fiscal failures and other updates
Greetings!
Another non-monumental week in the books — and for a republic that’s a great thing. That means ordinary people were once again able to enjoy their lives without the noisy interruption of a clumsy and intrusive government.
What an achievement!
That is perhaps the best thing the government has done the entire week.
Check out other happenings in our week in review newsletter!
Other news
There are a few important articles discussing Congress’ perennial budget failures. Check out the following articles:
These articles highlight the fact that fortunately enough the government has been funded — for another measly three weeks.
This is important because each stop gap funding measure, called a continuing resolution or CR for short, and shutdown costs taxpayers substantial sums of money. CRs help avert the more expensive cost of a government shutdowns, but still delay the appropriation process for new programs like the ones in Biden’s infrastructure spending plan.
And this is really all Congress has been able to do over the last few weeks — avoid a catastrophe by settling for a minor disaster. Think about it. Congress insisted we needed more infrastructure spending but never cared to guarantee a plan could be implemented to efficiently administer those funds. That’s the sort of dishonesty and self serving behavior Congress all too often epitomizes.
Aside from that after scouring the web for hours I’ve found no other stories of national interest. For it appears nothing indeed is going on — aside from political posturing and preparing for elections not much is happening. And think about this — despite the fact that not much is happening people are still glued to social media and their TVs. Why? In this season of Congressional hub bub and do nothingism it’s best Americans take a break from the relentless propagandizing and develop a skill or enjoy art. For Congress isn’t about to do anything major anytime soon.
Progress in Getting Published in Another Publication
The attempt to get published in another publication just resulted in me taking easy days off — under the justification that extra sleep would amount to an improved ability to write well. As it turns out… that was a lie. Instead I’ll resume my five day writing schedule and see if I have any other spare time to get published elsewhere.
Future article subjects
There are indeed articles I should have written this week but did not. Look for them next week but get a preview of our them in our weekly podcast with Christian Waston at 4PM!
Equal Branches of Government? Not According to the Founders
Forgotten Federalism and the 17th amendment
Silver Lining of the Biden Presidency
Article Links
Check out the articles written this last week:
Feb 14th — The Big Tech Scapegoat
Feb 16th — Politics, Disgust, and Great Men
Feb 18th — A New Fusionism
Thanks again for visiting! We’ll see you next week!
Zigmund Reichenbach holds a M.A. in Philosophy from West Chester University. You can find him commenting on news stories of national and state interest at his Facebook page Zigmund Reichenbach -- Commentator or you can follow him on Twitter @zreichenbach1. Additionally you can find episodes of the weekly Sunday podcast (4PM) that airs via Youtube, Facebook, and Twitter at this link here.
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