How are you personally affected by the US government shutdown?
Mostly by my aunt and uncle remaining at home for a while. My uncle is doing some hunting while my aunt is fuming. She's trying to keep her co-workers in good spirits and helping out two of the single parents as well.
EVERYONE is personally affect by the government shutdown. Government influences every aspect of our life whether we are aware of it or not. Everything trickles down. When the Federal worker who was just about to buy my "Black Cats and Witches' Hats" vocabulary building software for her little 2nd grader to build reading skills, of course, she's going to say, "Well, we can't do that now, honey. Maybe next month we'll get you something."
When my brother-in-law in MN who served with the National Guard in Bosnia and then later TWICE in Iraq didn't receive his pay and is worried about losing his house, how can my husband and I not be affected by our brother's worry?
We have drifted a far, far way away from the popular song of the 60s
"No Man Is An Island"
No man is an island,
No man stands alone,
Each man's joy is joy to me,
Each man's grief is my own.
We need one another,
So I will defend,
Each man as my brother,
Each man as my friend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLJEJ_0lB94
We are ALL affected and to not believe so is to be callous and cruel. What we need is more "harmony" as in your lovely name!
I havent personally even noticed. not a single thing in my life has changed because of it. my prayers go out to those who have had to alter their lives to do this.
A few of my favorite trails and mountains that I visit are national property and they are shut down. So I will go visit the State-owned venues. Can you image camping overnight at a National Park and being told you have to pack up and leave?
by Jack Lee 5 years ago
This is not a political question but a fact checking question. Just curious how the people have been affected by the shut down?For me, not one bit. If the news did not report on this, I would not know it. I live in Westchester county NY about 1 hour north of NYC. I am retired, my social security...
by harmony155 10 years ago
For those of you non-Americans, what is your view of the US government shutdown?
by AnalogousMethod 10 years ago
Due to the government shutdown, we had to pay people to make new websites telling you that we can't afford to run our websites. The new websites are using the same already-paid-for domains and already-paid-for hosting that the old websites were using, but we still can't keep them up because we need...
by x 10 years ago
...links. (Forum title parameters too short)I just stumbled across this: "Unfortunately, the FTC is closed due to the government shutdown."Let's start a collection. Who else can find a shutdown federal website? Plus, any other pithy comments you may have concerning this shutdown mess, and...
by Mike Russo 10 years ago
Read this article from the NY Times. It's about a well planned, highly funded conspiracy to shutdown the government if Obama Care is not defunded. Please share this with everybody you know. The republican extremists are not playing by the rules of democracy and are making a...
by Kathleen Cochran 6 months ago
There are two ways to increase our revenue stream. Spend less - usually impacting the most vulnerable among us - and increase taxes - usually impacting the least vulnerable among us. Which choice says who we are as Americans?
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