posted on Apr, 9 2011 @ 01:45 PM
The government has been shut down before. This is nothing new. Republicans got blamed for it last time. This time it seemed like both would be
blamed with a slight margin blaming the Democrats and Obama together more than the Republicans. It was all political bickering. I think some of the
last minute political bickering got both sides to agree at least to something temporary. It's kind of like seeing an asteroid coming at you on radar
due to collide in a matter of days and the two guys in the control tower are arguing about which seat they get to take.
In my opinion the US needs to cut spending seriously and agree to some serious spending cuts. This political bickering over the last few weeks is
about a drop in the bucket or less than 2 percent of the total budget. Serious spending cuts and a real budget would strengthen the US dollar and
potentially avoid a collapse in the value of the dollar and help reverse oil and gas prices. Then our economy could actually improve. If they don't,
then hello sky high inflation and a collapsing economy.
A government shut down would have delayed payments for people expecting government refunds and for military service members who need their paychecks
on time. It would not have meant any collapse in the government. The collapse in our economy would likely occur if they don't raise the debt ceiling
because it would cause a default on the US national debt. That debate and more spending cuts and the debate about it are still coming up.
The US needs very serious spending cuts because all of our debts combined are worse than any European country. I'm saying our debt is worse than the
already bailed out countries. If every group of four people in the US were to pay up or pay off everything that is owed for our national debt plus
what is owed for social security, medicare, medicaid, etc. etc. then we currently owe over $700,000 for every group of 4 people in this country. I
don't know about you, but I can't afford to pay that or anything close to it.
edit on 9/4/11 by orionthehunter because: (no reason
given)