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All right, folks, we are witnessing in real time the impact that good government can bring us.<\/p>\n

One aspect of good government — in a representative democracy — is that compromise is essential. So, with that we have an agreement in principle to fend off the threat of our nation defaulting on payments to which it is obligated.<\/p>\n

It came down to two men, President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, haggling, needling, cajoling and compromising to reach this agreement.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody won\u2019t like what is the end of the agreement \u2026 on both sides,\u201d McCarthy said Saturday morning. \u201cBut \u2026 at the end of the day I think people should see what that product is before people vote on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

McCarthy is going to make the details of the agreement available to House members for 72 hours before casting a vote slated for Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Progressives are unhappy. So are conservatives. These are the hardliners on both ends who refuse to accept compromise as an essential element of good government.<\/p>\n

I haven’t seen the details of the bill, so I won’t comment on the finished product. My focus with this post is on the method that Joe Biden and Kevin McCarthy used to reach this point.<\/p>\n

Defaulting on our debt obligations is a non-starter. Both men said so. They proceeded from that point. Default would have produced a catastrophe.<\/p>\n

The deal that Biden and McCarthy have reached is good for the next two years. It takes this whole issue off the campaign table for 2024. It is an agreement that in a more perfect world should have been reached without the drama that led to this point.<\/p>\n

In the end, good government has won the day.<\/p>\n

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