Friday, October 4, 2013

US Shutdown



The U.S shutdown?
The United States of America’s government is shutdown. What does this mean? The government doesn’t have enough money to fund itself, apart from highly essential services like defense, white house security and the pay for senators and congressmen. What is the reason for the shutdown? The Republicans want the Obamacare to be postponed and no funds should be allocated for that. The Democrats are staunchly against the Republican stand. So the Senate, which is controlled by the Democrats, passes a bill, but fails in the Congress because Republicans control the Congress. Both the sides have been negotiating to reach the middle ground. This has been nothing but failure in these talks. Now, the Republicans are planning to pass bills with specific funding to certain activities like veteran services, etc. The Democrats have decided to vote against this. So again a deadlock.
The result of this is 800,000 federal workers have not received their pay. Tourists can’t go to national parks, buildings or sightseeing. Tourism Industry is the second worst affected. Dollar is losing its value in the international market. I do not see an end to this unless Republicans accept Obamacare or Democrats forget it. Hope it doesn't last as long as Clinton's shutdown did.

3 comments:

  1. yeah, all this political stuff gets aggravating.
    I don't really pay attention to much in terms of government issues and politics (even though my mom really insists that I do) but I have heard how this shutdown has affected many people and it's not ok
    people just need to get their heads out of their butts and compromise
    that's what a democracy is all about

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  2. When I hear about the government, I always think about it as little kids fighting. I don't see this problem being solved anytime soon. It seems like the parties won't stop, even if it costs americans money.

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  3. Oh dude, the America government will be okay! haha you do not need to worry about it, anyway, I like this blog very much! good luck!

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