In a little over a week from now, the American Government is set to shut down if Congress does not agree to another budget for our nation. Now you may ask what does this mean? It means that everything like national parks, museums and monuments, that are funded by the national government, will be shut down and won't be able to be visited by the people. Why is this happening? It's happening because the Republicans, who run the House, and the Democrats, who run the Senate, can't agree on a Federal Budget to fund the American Government.
This has happened several times over the past four to five years and I'm sorry to say that this will happen as long as Congress is split between Republicans and Democrats and also with a Democratic president in Barack Obama. With the Republicans wanting spending cuts not only on general spending but ObamaCare as well. Democrats want to reduce the deficit but fund Obama's health care plan.
Even though the two sides probably won't reach an agreement in time they will most likely come to terms soon to keep the nation running as long as it can. The only thing is, is that it will only keep it running for a short period of time. And if you ask me, it might be a good thing for a government shutdown to take place. National parks and such might be closed but it will save the government some money, and with the national debt already at 15 trillion and counting, saving some money won't hurt. And until the President, House and Senate are all either Democrat or Republican, nothing will get done because they are so far apart ideologically. So until 2016 when a new president and a new Congress is elected it's going to be a lame duck season for the entire United Stares of America.
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