Critique of the Government Shutdown

On October 1 the U.S. Government shutdown, that’s right the only thing keeping us from complete and total anarchy shutdown for 16 days. So why are we treating it like this is some common media trash. Our Government may be acting like a bunch of kids when it comes to the debt crisis but having to shut down over a disagreement seems like a bit of a drastic measure. The shutdown caused many programs to shutdown, though many more where still able to function. If the shutdown had lasted longer there would have been an even bigger issue. Something this big isn’t a joke this could have turned out significantly worse and people need to understand this.
This debt problem that had a large impact on this shutdown didn’t just pop out of nowhere. This thing’s been piling up since Bush was in the Oval office, and since then the issue has been avoided and unnecessary spending has never been higher. U.S Troops where geared up and flown all around the globe costing the Treasury billions. Many of companies and banks that were unable to make it on their own were all bailed out costing this country over $700 billion. Hundreds of thousands of unemployed families where given enough money to live a nice middle class lifestyle and it only cost us 520 billion dollars, and let’s not get started on the free health care. And that’s just some of the spending that’s gotten us to our steadily rising $17 trillion debt situation. How reliable of a country do we look with an outstanding debt problem and a non-responsive government? If this keeps up we won’t be the United States of anything and it’s very possible that our debts will be repaid with your freedom.
The shutdown lasted from October 1st though the 16th. That’s 16 days without a government to hold the ...

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