'We Are Not Going to Do Anything'

So here we are, folks, at the edge of the so-called "fiscal cliff."  Rather than face the hard reality of curbing the nation's spending habit, all the talk has been about taxes - who (as in millionaires vs the less fortunate $400K or $250K per year earners) and by how much.

The Republicans "caved" a bit by agreeing on higher taxes for top wage earners.  President Obama, believing he has some sort of mandate from the election last month, said no.  House Republicans pushed ahead with their own "Plan B" legislation only  to hear Harry Reid say "We are not going to do anything," adding "We are not taking up anything they are working on over there."

The Senate Majority Leader won't even consider taking the House's bill to vote.  What does that tell you?

It tells me that bipartisanship is a charade; a magical potion sold to the electorate by the President and Senate Democrats.  When an opportunity to do the minium - scheduling a vote on a Republican crafted bill - bipartisanship is seen as it truly is: an empty slogan.

Watching Washington, it seems to me that more often than not, bipartisanship is what Democrats deem it to be, not what we - the citizenry expect it to be.  The President won't compromise (heck, he hasn't said anything meaningful at all about cutting spending) and Senator Reid won't even consider "anything they are working on over there."

So, we're not going to do anything - except tumble off the fiscal cliff.  At least that's something.