Editor,
What exists in Washington today is that those in power are deadlocked. Unpacking that — “dead” means not functioning and “locked” means not available. In the interactions of us human beings, deadlock can occur when only one party with power refuses to participate in open, honest and authentic dialogues and expends all its time and energy to blame others for the existing problems.
When this occurs (known as “the blame game”) all progress toward problem resolution comes to a halt and stagnation becomes reality. When stagnation persists for a long period of time, collapse always is the eventual outcome.
That is the reality of what is occurring in Washington regarding the sequester issue, and it appears that deadlock will prevail. This means that all of us who have elected those trapped in deadlock will have to suffer the consequences of them being unable to free themselves from their self-created deadlock.
Robert Gardiner
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