Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Government shutdown
The government shutdown has been caused by one key factor; congress not being able to pass their spending bill. This shutdown has caused much heated debate over America. I believe the main reason for this debate is caused by the American people's view on Congress. During this shutdown many services will continue to be funded suc as Social security, air traffic control, the active military and CONGRESS. The fact that congress was the reason for the shutdown and they are still getting paid creates a sort of anger to many of the american people. Many people are also upset over the fact that this government does not only affect the jobs of government employees but small businesses as well. Many politicians believe that they should continue with this shutdown instead of trying to find a comprise. This is honestly frightening to the American people and the shutdown needs to be ended.
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I think you are right that our low opinion of Congress may actually be part of the problem. Because people have low opinions of Congress as a whole, but tend to like individual people, Congress has an incentive both to act bad collectively while individually criticizing such behavior. They get to run agains themselves, in a sense. Solving this requires more individual accountability somehow.
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