Tom Cohen writing for CNN.com reports on the increasing threat of a government shutdown. Government shutdowns are a result of Congress being unable pass a spending plan in order to pay the expenses of the U.S. government. Recent government shutdowns have occured in 1995, 1996, and 2011. The prolonged negotiation of the government spending plan is due to the Republican controlled House of Representatives unwillingness to comply with the Democratic-controlled senate regarding Ombamacare (among other issues). In return for negotiating a spending plan before the debt ceiling deadline, the Republicans want the following: implementation of Ombamacare to be postponed by a year, as well as to repeal a medical device tax. Obama has refused to negotiate Obamacare or spending issues, "under threats of a government shutdown that will hurt our economy."
Most of the major problems in our country's, or in any country's, government stems from people sacrificing the wellfare of the nation in order to satisfy their personal agendas. Though a shutdown will not affect our daily lives immediately, the long term effects on the economy could be very harmful. However, another perspective is that the GOP believe they are helping the nation by postponing/renegotiating Obamacare, and government shutdown is a sacrifice that they will have to make.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/28/politics/shutdown-showdown/index.html?hpt=hp_bn3
I think it's ridiculous that a group of full-grown, educated men can't compromise on a decision that will benefit our country. It's extremely sad that they can't put themselves second to the people who elected them to represent us. If they were truly trying to help our economy, they would stop being so self-centric and think about the people as a whole.
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