Don’t blame it all on Barry. The House Republicans control the power of the purse. Boehner and McConnell signed up for the mess of a budget process we have today. All the House Republicans have to do is show a little backbone and use the power the Constitution gives them. They can pass a balanced budget that properly funds the government and defunds the czars, the Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the DOE bureaucrats, and all of the other waste. They can send the budget to the Senate and go home. If Harry Reid and the Dems choose not to pass it, the government shuts down and it is their fault. After about 3 weeks of screaming at the Republicans their constituencies of low information voters will be demanding checks and the Dems will have no choice but to sign the House budget.
Instead, Boehner and McConnell talk while letting Harry Reid and Obama dictate the terms of their surrender. I’ve never understood why when the Republicans are constantly blamed for cutting off the poor, denying abortions to women, and keeping deserving students from getting hundred thousand dollar student loans they don’t just do it.
The answer. They support the welfare state.