Partial U.S. Government shutdown

[RICHARD]

It's o.k., as long as my elected officials get their paychecks, everything will be o.k.

[cassiesmom]

It's o.k., as long as my elected officials get their paychecks, everything will be o.k.

The governor of Illinois tried that and I think he got taken to court by people who wanted to get paid.

[Karen]

It is inexcusable, and just plain political grandstanding by politicians, who forget that this will actual affect the loves and pocketbooks of ordinary Americans.

If they happens, and we don't have a big turnover in Congress at the next election, I will be truly disappointed in my fellow Americans.

[Lady's Human]

It is inexcusable, and just plain political grandstanding by politicians, who forget that this will actual affect the loves and pocketbooks of ordinary Americans.

If they happens, and we don't have a big turnover in Congress at the next election, I will be truly disappointed in my fellow Americans.

The leadership will be re-elected because of the pork they bring home to their districts, a few seats will change hands, and the 90%+ incumbency rate will continue.

After all, MY guy ain't the problem.

[Alysser]

It's o.k., as long as my elected officials get their paychecks, everything will be o.k.

Yep, as usual

My brother is a Government worker and depends on his paycheck to live, he lives in a very expensive area of the country to. He is pretty worried. I am worried about this happening often in the future, because I'll be working for the Feds at some point and this they pull way too often.

[Lady's Human]

Yep, as usual

My brother is a Government worker and depends on his paycheck to live, he lives in a very expensive area of the country to. He is pretty worried. I am worried about this happening often in the future, because I'll be working for the Feds at some point and this they pull way too often.

It's actually not a big deal, the longest shutdown was 17 days, people got paid, and the sun came up the next morning as well.

Just an edit: When the government was shut down in the early '90s, I was a corporal making $1100 per month. Did it suck? Yep. However, they're never long shutdowns, and Congress normally passes legislation giving back pay to those who were furloughed.

It has happened before, it will happen again, and will keep happening as long as we sleep through the primaries and allow the hyper partisans of both parties to get elected. The general public doesn't pay attention during the primaries, so the party hard liners who can pull the most votes in the primaries win. Mitt Romney and Pres. Obama are both party hard liners, it's the only way to get through the silliness that is our primary system. A few thousand people in Iowa determine who gets the money to continue in the primaries, and many, many presidential candidates never get through to the rest of the states because of that.