The United States National Government has been shutdown for two days now. After the members of Congress failed to reach an agreement on the national budget. Republican Representative Mark Meadows from North Carolina has been blamed for causing the shutdown. Along with his fellow conservative Republicans. They are demanding that Obama’s Affordable Care Act “ObamaCare” be defunded or delayed. Which is causing them to refuse to pass a clean spending plan. President Obama is currently refusing to budge on urging his fellow Democrats to compromise with Meadows and other Tea Party members. For now he is leaving it in the hands of the Congressmen and women to solve there own mess. Many Americans doubt though that their Congressional leaders are willing to compromise with one another. After the shutdown many tax paying government official’s were furloughed or sent home without pay. Without the funds to pay their employees government agencies like the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) were forces to notify certain employees that they are furloughed. Forcing more Americans to file for unemployment pay which will hardly cover their bills. The tragedy behind this fact is that these hard working men and women. Who do what their job requires them to do have to go home and tell there families that finances will be tight. While their Congressional leaders get to go home like nothing has changed because on friday they will still be getting a paycheck. They will all still be getting paid for everyday that our government is shutdown. Many of them have told reporters that they plan on donating the money they get paid to help less fortunate Americans who are affected by the shutdown. Though I would not expect them to follow through with it. After all they failed to follow through their expectations listed with their job. Congressional leaders are supposed to pass laws and always keep the best interest of the people at heart. A National Government shutdown is not in the best interest of the people. It is not in the best interest of the thousands of Americas going without pay, the cancer patients waiting to sign up for programs to get treated, or the World War II veterans who put their lives on the line to protect our country only to not be able to visit their own memorial. The members of Congress should be ashamed at their inability to reach a compromise.
