XmisterIS Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 XmrsIS (who is a civil servant) and I were commenting this morning that if the UK government shut everything down and told people they were not going to get paid, just because of some political bickering, we would have instant riots. What's happening in the US then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maccy Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 As far as I can tell. The President (democrat) is trying to force through an act to reform healthcare which has been blocked by the house of representatives (republican). similar in purpose to our house of lords however they are voted in.The reason the republicans where voted in to the house of representatives was partly due to the healthcare reform among other things, pissing off a large majority of americans.despite this the reform was still included in the US budget for next year, The republicans said no, as already expected by everyone. They throw there toys out of there pram and shut down the government in the process.And this is the government that has the largest influence worldwide, Brilliant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzie Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 The general view over here is...The US government is shut down so nothing will get done.However it's not like they did anything anyway!So no one is panicking haha They've just shown how pointless they are! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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