Deadlock

If there were ever a good example of the failures of our present government, the current deadlock between House Republicans and Senate Democrats is it. Ezra Klein in the current Newsweek has a column in which he suggests that we are in a lose-lose situation, where neither side is able to win. Economically we need the government to stimulate the economy, but the Republicans are determined to cut no matter what, even if it requires a government shutdown. They are being colossally irresponsible and stupid, but they have the power, and are willing to have a shutdown if necessary. Such an impasses in the government should not happen, and would not if it had been better designed. The Republicans are in the majority in the House, and no matter how stupid they are, they should be able to see their programs enacted. The existence of the Senate if the problem.