Spare me the high fives

This isn't good government

Let’s hope for the best and Congress can find a way to keep government running for a few more weeks … until the next crisis arrives.

If that happens, and I am not predicting it will, I do not want to see Democrats and Republicans high-fiving each other, slapping each other on the back, praising the other side — and themselves — for the “great work” they did.

Spare me the self-indulgence.

Good grief, man. This process isn’t how you govern effectively, efficiently or with any sense of organization.

We go through this all too often. Yes, I have some skin in this game.

I am a retired fellow. My wife is retired, too. We’re on the proverbial “fixed income,” some of which comes from the federal government. I have heard that Social Security payments aren’t affected by a possible shutdown of the government. Good deal. They’d better keep their grimy hands off it.

As for good government, this ain’t it!

Don’t you dare, members of Congress, heap any sort of praise on yourself for doing something you never should have forced yourselves to do in the first place.