United States Government Shutdown
Kaitlyn Rodriguez
Kaitlyn Rodriguez
On December 22nd, 2018 the United States government shutdown. The shutdown ended in January 2019 with the goal to create a compromise in which both parties will agree on. Due to the shutdown, those who work for the government have been forced to either go to work without being payed or have simply chosen not work, resulting in people not being able to buy basic necessities. The shutdown lasted for 35 days and added another $3 billion to our countries debt. The shutdown has been stopped temporarily but a new deadline for the spending bill has been set for the 15th of February.
Congress has given a new deadline as to when the compromise needs to be made, which has allowed the government to open temporarily. While many people hope for an agreement/compromise to be made, many are still skeptical as to whether or not anything will truly happen. According to Taylor Catlin,“ Any issue in Congress takes a long time to be ratified, and that is if both parties agree. The spending bill would have to pass both the Senate, House of Representatives, and not be vetoed by the President to reach a compromise, and this is after both parties have reached an agreement. I think that if a plan is put in place by February 15th, it will not be comprehensive to last for the months to come, and I believe that it is more likely that a plan or compromise is not reached.” Many people have the same worries as Taylor Catlin about whether or not one, a compromise will be met, or two, if the compromise created will stick. If we are to reach a compromise by the deadline but it is not able to last, then many feel we will fall right back in to the same problem we are currently trying to get out of.
The main argument that forced the shutdown was the budget for the wall that President Trump want to build. The Democrats do not support the funding of a wall and therefore has created a problem with the government budget. Compromises have been rejected by both parties and have continued to be put off until just recently when they reopened the government. Allan Rodriguez states, “Neither party is willing to compromise with the other and give up something they want”, and like Allan Rodriguez, many feel the same way about the two parties. People see that our two political parties are not willing to bend to the other’s request, and therefore put us at a stalemate resulting in putting the country in a bad position.
This shutdown has caused a tremendous strain on many people in our country. “ The biggest issue is the fact that people are not getting payed, and this is hurting those who rely on the money from their work to live.” My source is not the only one that has noticed this, and more people are beginning to speak out about the topic. The people who work for the government have now missed two paychecks in the course of the shutdown and while some might not see that as a big deal other people who live paycheck to paycheck are now struggling. Some people are having to take up multiple other jobs to be able to support their families, and others do not even have the time because they are still having to work without getting payed which ultimately results in more stress placed both on them and their families. Ultimately, we really just need to get our government back in place so we can start to take care of the damages we have now created.
Congress has given a new deadline as to when the compromise needs to be made, which has allowed the government to open temporarily. While many people hope for an agreement/compromise to be made, many are still skeptical as to whether or not anything will truly happen. According to Taylor Catlin,“ Any issue in Congress takes a long time to be ratified, and that is if both parties agree. The spending bill would have to pass both the Senate, House of Representatives, and not be vetoed by the President to reach a compromise, and this is after both parties have reached an agreement. I think that if a plan is put in place by February 15th, it will not be comprehensive to last for the months to come, and I believe that it is more likely that a plan or compromise is not reached.” Many people have the same worries as Taylor Catlin about whether or not one, a compromise will be met, or two, if the compromise created will stick. If we are to reach a compromise by the deadline but it is not able to last, then many feel we will fall right back in to the same problem we are currently trying to get out of.
The main argument that forced the shutdown was the budget for the wall that President Trump want to build. The Democrats do not support the funding of a wall and therefore has created a problem with the government budget. Compromises have been rejected by both parties and have continued to be put off until just recently when they reopened the government. Allan Rodriguez states, “Neither party is willing to compromise with the other and give up something they want”, and like Allan Rodriguez, many feel the same way about the two parties. People see that our two political parties are not willing to bend to the other’s request, and therefore put us at a stalemate resulting in putting the country in a bad position.
This shutdown has caused a tremendous strain on many people in our country. “ The biggest issue is the fact that people are not getting payed, and this is hurting those who rely on the money from their work to live.” My source is not the only one that has noticed this, and more people are beginning to speak out about the topic. The people who work for the government have now missed two paychecks in the course of the shutdown and while some might not see that as a big deal other people who live paycheck to paycheck are now struggling. Some people are having to take up multiple other jobs to be able to support their families, and others do not even have the time because they are still having to work without getting payed which ultimately results in more stress placed both on them and their families. Ultimately, we really just need to get our government back in place so we can start to take care of the damages we have now created.
