On October 1, 2013 the United States Federal Government was shut down, causing chaos, uncertainty, and financial turmoil. Because the Democrats and Republicans could not agree on a budget in time for the next fiscal year, the government had to “shut down”. People have lost wages because many government sponsored jobs are “on hold”, and there is a feeling of fear and doom across the country. The media has played upon the huge philosophical and fiscal differences between the two parties, and the feud between the two is now an international event. This shutdown makes the United States appear weak, irresponsible, and distracted on the international stage. Other countries may view this internal crisis as a weakness. The world sees this shutdown as extremely negative. This historical crisis is still occurring now, and will not stop until the two political parties show maturity and responsibility to agree with each other to create a workable budget.
I believe that the members of the United States congress are acting foolishly and that their disagreements are pathetic. The members of Congress are egomaniacs who think that their ideas are better than the ideas of the other party. In my opinion, I think that the members of both parties are idiots and are losing sight of what is really important, keeping the Unites States as the greatest, most powerful country in the world! However, we can’t maintain such a high level of power when the people who run this country aren’t running it for the nation, they are running it into the ground because their own special interests are first. I mean, you would think that maybe one person would rise above all and knock some sense into everybody’s heads, but apparently it hasn’t happened because this crisis has been going on for seven days now, and there is no end in sight. I wonder how President Obama feels about the situation right now and what he could do to convince Congress to move in the right direction? I also wonder how he feels, knowing that arrogant fools are guiding this nation into the wrong direction!? Well then, I’m just about ready to go to bed, so the mind boggling thought of selfish fools managing this nation will soon flee my mind!-Thank God!
~Eric