Government Shutdown Cont.

It is official, the United States Government has shut down after both Democrats and Republicans couldn’t come to an agreement over a National Budget for the United States. And until this gets settled, which nobody knows when it will, all federally run programs like the Smithsonian and all National Parks will be shut down until there is an agreement. Since this has happened, 800,000 federal workers will be staying home without pay and they could be home for quite some time.

 

            What’s worst about this is that even though those 800,000 workers will not be getting paid over this period of time the congressman, who get paid from our tax dollars and is the main problem in this dispute, are still getting paid. This just shows that these men and women are taking the American people hostage during the shutdown and not doing anything to solve this problem. Even though that I am a republican supporter both sides are to blame for this dumb and stupid situation. We should never be in this situation where even our own government, who the people have voted in themselves, can’t even agree on a national budget to keep this nation going. Also, due to no budget being passed Obama Care has taken affect. This means that all Americans must apply for health insurance by March 31^st or they will be fined for not doing so.

 

            This is what’s holding Congress back. Republicans want the Obama Care act to not be in the new budget and the Democrats will not compromise with them in order for both sides to agree on a budget. And even better yet the United States will go into default (bankruptcy) if the debt ceiling or the amount that the country can borrow will go up! This is all just a bad situation for everybody and nobody truly wins in the end. And who is the only one who can raise the debt ceiling? You guessed right, the House and Senate! So until these issues are resolved nothing will get done and our nation could be in great jeopardy.

           

            All the people want is for the nation to run smoothly and as problem free as possible. It’s either the stubborn or greedy Congressman come to an agreement or the United States will lose money over time. And even though the United States Government has shut down multiple times over the past forty years this may be the one that can really damage the great reputation the U.S has. The people were already sick and tired of how the government was running and this never helps. The only way anybody would be happy about this is if schools were federally funded and all of the school would have to shut down until this is all resolved. Sadly, that is not the case so nobody really wins in this situation or is happy at all.