Today marks our 10th day in to the Federal Government's shutdown. And if you don't fully understand it and want to know more about it, the Washington Post has a pretty good article explaining it and it's effects. But I'm not here to discuss all of that in detail, I'm here to discuss the overarching source of our current crisis, and how the American people aren't helping.
As children, we learned fairly quickly how to blame others for the wrongs we had done. Little Johnny points the finger at Little Susie for the broken vase, and whatnot. This is what's going on in Washington. We as Americans have been complaining for years that the parties' polar actions are harmful, and they should get along. Compromise it's something we've wanted for a long time. Obviously we haven't reached that point yet, the government is shut down and millions of people are out of the job. People who, mind you, had as much say in the shutdown us voters did. But Representatives and Senators are still getting paid, thanks to convenient laws that guarantee their salaries no matter what shape our government is in.
