"And There Was Much Rejoicing."

(Image by Ramirez)

An hour before midnight last night, the elephants and donkeys of Congress managed to avert a shutdown of the federal government and approved this year's fiscal budget.

The headline onYahoo News alludes to another budget battle in the near future:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ap_on_re_us/us_spending_showdown 

The Seattle Times also ran the story:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2014725990_budget09.html 

While the good news is the dreaded shutdown was averted, but the bad news is we still have a huge deficit crisis that is not being addressed.  So, looking at the Ramirez's Pie Chart above, our elected leaders were arguing over crumbs in true Animal Farm fashion.

This may prove as useful as re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

Only time will tell if we can avoid the deficit iceburg.