Long article from Michael Roberts about the shutdown........

[socialist_n_TN]

and the more important debt ceiling battle coming up in a couple of weeks.

http://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2013/10/02/us-economy-in-shutdown/

[ctsnowman]

1. Good article

But he still plays into the "it's mostly the Tea Party" I know and hear lots of Republicans who are not members of the TP say the same BS and are in lock step with every single thing that the "Tea party" says. This stuff that they are doing is rabid right wing Republican wet dream territory and always was. Same thing with Rush Limjaw. I used to talk to the right wingers and hear them denounce the drug addict but spout the exact same BS. The Tea Party is nothing but a rebranding of the extreme right of the Republican party after they were crushed politically because of Bush.

Just my HO but I think this matters going forward when we hear about the cons being forced to do things they never wanted to do.

Thanks for the post.