FT: US has been let down by its leadership

The UK’s Financial Times published the following:

US has been let down by its leadership

Financial Times –A deal that extends unsustainable tax cuts for 98 per cent of Americans is no victory, writes Nouriel Roubini

The deal reached in Washington on New Year’s day prevented the US economy from falling off the so-called fiscal cliff. However, given the dysfunctional nature of the American political system, it won’t be long before there is another crisis.

Two months, in fact. If no action is taken by March 1, $110bn of spending cuts will commence. At about the same time, the US will hit its statutory debt limit, known colloquially as the debt ceiling.

That is only the beginning. Later in 2013, and not before time, a bigger debate on medium-term fiscal consolidation will begin. This will lead to another dispute between Republicans, who want to shrink the size of the federal government, and Democrats, who want to maintain it but are unsure how to pay for it…

In short, the “mini deal” on the fiscal cliff dodged all the important questions. By not including spending cuts in the deal, the Democrats have emboldened Republicans who are determined to slash taxes but lack a plan to pay for it. It is again up to Washington’s policy makers to fix the problem before the market does it for them. Tuesday’s deal suggests this will not happen with any ease.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8f45b6c8-54f5-11e2-a628-00144feab49a.html

Notice what the Bible warns about leadership:

¹²…O My people! Those who lead you cause you to err, And destroy the way of your paths (Isaiah 3:12).

¹⁶For the leaders of this people cause them to err, And those who are led by them are destroyed (Isaiah 9:16).

Certainly, leaders in the USA are causing people to err. And it is not just happening with one political party in the USA. And while I do believe that one party has a better grasp of certain economic matters than the other, the reality is that none of them truly understand why all this is happening in the USA nor what really needs to be done about it.

The leadership of the USA continues to come up with arrangements the still result in debt for the USA.

According to the Bible, debt is a curse of disobeying God:

43 “The alien who is among you shall rise higher and higher above you, and you shall come down lower and lower. 44 He shall lend to you, but you shall not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail. 45 “Moreover all these curses shall come upon you and pursue and overtake you, until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you. (Deuteronomy 28:43-46)

The destruction of the USA is coming and disobedience to various laws of God will be the reason. And most of the leadership of that nation does not understand this.

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