Plenty Of Finger Pointing At Rep. Gardner's Town Hall Meeting
LOVELAND, Colo. (CBS4) - After the downgrading of America's credit rating the finger pointing was clear at a town hall meeting in Loveland hosted by Rep. Cory Gardner on Monday.
Lots of politicians and voters feel like they know how to fix the problem and the other person is simply wrong. If Gardner's town hall meeting was any indication, voters are very worried about the economy and many are mad at Washington.
"I believe that the people in Washington need to get back to work and do it for the people and quit playing politics," a veteran said at the meeting.
When Standard & Poor's downgraded the U.S. credit rating to AA+ Friday it said political leadership is a big concern.
"You hear from Washington; people trying to blame the Republicans or the Democrats for this, and the White House, he's blaming S&P; he's not even blaming Republicans and Democrats yet. It happened because both parties failed to lead," Gardner told a constituent.
But as stocks fall and economic concerns rise. Some voters, Republicans and Democrats, aren't convinced Washington is up to the task.
"I frankly think it's going to take another election to move some more liberals out of office," a man said.
"They were playing games in Congress. The debt ceiling had nothing to do with anything but to take our mind off the fact that we don't have jobs here," a woman said.
While Democrats and Republicans blame each other, lawmakers on both sides say the debt and other economic troubles are fixable.
"We can get that job done and it is our duty to get that job done," Gardner said.
The actual credit downgrade was not a big part of the discussion in Loveland Monday. It was more about the factors that led to the downgrade, like what to do about taxes, government cuts, and job creation.
