Times up! Shutdown Averted!

With less than an hour to spare, the government shutdown has been averted! At least for the time being.

It is hard to swallow the idea that in order to come to a conclusion on where the federal funding should be placed and where it should be cut, federal programs have been hanging in the balance just to come up with answers in the nick of time. 

The public relations, official statements and the backlash from the drawn out discussions of where the budget should stand and whether or not the government shutdown would occur has been like a badly played out high school drama of a he said she said blame game. 

The question should really be, would the financial battle have been resolved in a timely manner if there had been less focus on passing blame and a tighter grip on what needed to be accomplished. 

The truth is that Federal agencies throughout the country and specifically the Washington D.C. Metro area spent Friday into the late hours preparing for the fall out of the possible shutdown. Wasted time and efforts to run damage control just in case the shutdown had to take place, when it is evident that the federal funding should have been resolved prior to the last waking minutes of the deadline.

With all the jumbled statements from President Obama and the congressional leaders the only statement that rang true over the last week consistently is that no one wanted to see the government shutdown occur. 

There is little solace that the common goal was voiced and achieved. The timing is just a little too close for comfort. 

It has been said, this is a temporary budgetary solution. The financial status of the country will be re-evaluated at the end of the fiscal year. 

With the state of the economy and the stress of rising unemployment, rising foreclosure rates and increased failing businesses, the anticipation of a shutdown of federal programs has been like driving the final nail into the coffin of hope that economic recovery will ever be within the realm of possibilities.

The dying hope of financial triumph and security throughout the country will only begin to heal when citizens can look at the government and understand the direct goals that are being approached and see direct results reflect the original goals.

The drawn out frustration on how the budget would be resolved was over shadowed by the possible federal shutdown, drawing greater concern for a meltdown and losing support in the governments ability to follow through with the task at hand.

There is still the slight glimmer of hope that when the new fiscal year budgets need to be re-evaluated that history will be looked upon instead of repeated by congressional leaders and President Obama.

Only time will tell.