Does everybody understand just what a "government shutdown" really means?

Hey, cut it out. You are interfering with the standard Democrat line about how the world will come to an end.

Yes. And if the government would default, that would be entirely the fault of the president who would then go directly to jail. The government has been shutdown at least 12 times since 1977, maybe more. When Clinton was president, it was shut down for 18 days.

Republicans don't care, a shutdowned government during Obama's term just means we can blame it all on him. It's a political gamble that could backfire horribly.

What a government shutdown really means is that Republicans in the House would rather stab at the heart of America--the people--than to do the work they were sent to Congress to do. It is a spit in the face of their constituents to obstruct, block and stop, rather than to do their part to run the country--the ONE job they were elected to do.

Pay for Congressmen should shut down, as they are failing at doing their job anyway.

Bigger deal would be that it would like cause our international credit rating to go down again, causing interest rates to skyrocket for every American.

So you are in favor of a government shutdown?

well, there are a lot of other services too... like food inspections...

I like my food to be inspected...

but out of the ones you list, I do think you are correct...

The Republicans fabricated it by themselves and they can fix it.

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