Happy Columbus Day

Even though it is Columbus Day, I am still getting ready to go to work. Five hundred twenty one years ago, Columbus discovered America and we still have no idea who we are. As of today, we are into the second week of a government shut down.Our representatives do not agree with a president who has lost control of the country. What a shame, that in this day and age, what used to be the most powerful country in the world is disgracing our good name. The two main issues of the disagreement are Obamacare and the debt ceiling. If I discussed how I feel about Obamacare I would be late to work, so I will make it short. No one really knows what the bill has in it, because it is 20,000 pages long and no one thoroughly read it. Within the bill we have voted to subsidize many non healthcare issues and the stipulations are so convoluted that employers would rather fire their employees than be forced to pay for benefits that might bankrupt them. Now let me get to the debt ceiling. First of all, why are we in debt? If it isn't bad enough that we owe our souls to other countries, our president wants to put us further in hock. That is why our representatives shut us down. Too bad it affected people that deserved better. We now have thousands of unemployed government workers that are struggling to make ends meet. We have soldiers that have died overseas, whose families are not receiving burial benefits. We have public memorials that are shut down. What a sad commentary. If Christopher Columbus knew what would have happened to us, would he have adjusted his sails and gone directly to Canada?