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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (745335)	10/9/2013 3:27:49 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583906

>> This latest "shutdown" will pass. The debt ceiling will be raised, and government won't go into default This problem began with four words: "I will not negotiate." Maybe the dumbest phrase I've ever heard from a president. "Go ahead, I dare you." Had he taken a more presidential approach, and said, "I want to hear what House Republicans have to say and see whether we can come to terms," this entire thing might well have turned out differently. Particularly if he'd been willing to back it up by giving just a little. Imagine if he had said, "We can't delay the individual mandate by a year, but we can put it off for three months?" Giving them time, of course, to actually TEST the software and fix some portion of the problems up front. By his unwillingness to be reasonable, I think there is a good chance he killed his own "signature achievement" before it ever had a chance to get off the ground. It may be that the cost of these plans is so high it wouldn't have worked anyway, but the refusal to defer the go-live date may bring it down.