Published on Oct 1, 2013
Did Obama forget about his own country being busy with Syria and Iran?
At 12 am on Monday the American government officially partially shut down. It's the first time in 17 years in USA. Hundreds of thousands workers will be sent home because there are no money to pay them in the budget. Moreover -- even when the things are possibly fixed, they will hardly get any refund.
Why has it eventually happened? Well, democrats and republicans didn't manage to come to consensus once again. House of Representatives had some ideas, but the US Senate rejected their plan. And the White House begins the new fiscal year with no budget agreed upon.
Thus the everlasting struggle "democrats vs. republicans", who are now to blame each other, lead to the federal agencies shutdown -- not all of them, but the essential part. More than 800 thousand people were furloughed on Tuesday.
There could be some kind of solution if the controversial healthcare reform called the Obamacare was delayed. Republicans liked the idea, democrats -- never ever.
Well, whilst the political parties are fighting over whose fault it is, their country is actually going through the chaos. The governmental passport and visa offices are closed. The federal museums', galleries', zoos', national parks' employees are sent home with no paychecks. The coast guard and the rescue workers are out today. The FBI and the Drug control offices are limited in their activities, as well as the NSA and the intelligence. Some experts proclaims, that the national security is under the great threat now.
And that's interesting: only civilians will be hurt by this shutdown. No military personnel will be affected. Several thousand civilian workers from Pentagon -- and that's all.
Off course, Obama promised to do his best to fix the situation that looms over his country like some thundery clouds. Can he really do anything? Or should we get ready to anarchy in US?
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