Whose fault is it?

All week the democrats in the senate have been blaming Speaker John Boehner for the government shutdown. They claim that he has the power to call a vote and call for a clean CR (continuing resolution), which may be true. However, this isn't going to solve the issue. It will end the shutdown, naturally. However, the shutdown is not the problem. The shutdown is a sign of the problem, the inability to agree or even reason with one another is a problem.

The democrats in the Senate believe this inability to reason is centralized around Speaker Boehner, but, in fact, they were the ones who refused all four of the bills passed by congress to negotiate Obamacare in the budget. The Senate claims that the House is the one being ignorant and should just give in to the demands of the people, who they are pushing to push Boehner into calling a vote for a CR. In reality, though, the Senate is being equally, if not more, ignorant to the issue. All the House is trying to do is slow the debt and spend less money (and money is their specialty, being composed of mostly republicans), and after all their attempts at negotiation, they are still being called the stubborn ones! However, it isn't entirely the Senate's fault either.

The Senate is trying to reopen the government, and that is in the interest of most Americans, including the House. All anyone is trying to do is provide appropriate funding where it is needed, and the Senate believes that Obamacare is an appropriate place for funding. Obamacare has done some great things for people, but everything has its pros and cons. One of Obamacare's cons is its price. The House may cover up and claim that it's policies aren't entirely clear, or they're confusing, or vague. But they really just want to get the people to think Obamacare isn't that great so it's easier to get rid of.

The Senate blames the House for the shutdown and its Speaker's inability to call a vote for a CR, whereas the House blames the Senate for its inability to negotiate a common ground. These are the problems that are killing the tree. The shutdown isn't the problem. Our inability to agree is the problem. Such a problem that we can't even agree on where our inability to agree lies.