Government Shutdown

The last government shutdown was in 1995. It only lasted a few weeks.

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@tehjew 1995 was during President Clinton's term. :P

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Hmm, interesting... And yet, our economy was most stable then...

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Let's just hope this doesn't last long...

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Now that i have a bit of feed back.
If the gouvernment shut down, wouldn't it be good for your economy?

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NOt exactly. It's not saving much money. Right now AMerica needs to focus on stock market and more jobs. A shutdown doesn't help much, only about $2 billion.

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@Teh: Wall Street screwed us up, then Bush bailed out all the banks with our money... I [naturally] like Obama's new plan to help with the debt; Raise taxes on the rich, and spending cuts. That removes roughly 4 Trillion of the debt, proposedly... Why is my spell-check bugging me that Proposedly" is not a word?!

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Shut down the government, already! We didn't miss it in 1995. We won't miss it in 2011.

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@Hull: I kinda say, I must agree, sorta-kinda. Unless, of course, you're joking, but I doubt that.

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Hullbreach, joking?! What blasphemy!

Didn't they avert shutting down the government?

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@Teh: He's saying they ought to choose shutting it down.

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Yes, the shutdown was averted 45 mi before the deadline.

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Lol ram, I meant when you said hull was joking, but you doubt it.

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The government should shut down more often. Because really, many government services aren't necessary anyway.

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That would mean that soldiers wouldn't get any pay, government-funded businesses would close(like muesuems, for example). Closing the government is the last thing we need.

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Military would still be paid, as would "essential personnel". Unfortunately, the President abs Congress would still be paid. On the good side of it, Speaker John Boehner and others offered to return and pay, should the government shut down.

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The USPS is still of vital importance, you know. So many things can only be done by mail. I really think it'd be silly of someone to sit in front o their computer, and get hit in the head by their package as it pops out the monitor. Hence, the Post Office is still an essential government service that shouldn't be shut.

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Wow, my phone's auto spelling correction slaughtered my post!

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I believe the USPS was on the "essential" list. Still, there are alternatives in UPS, FedEx, DHL, and other private couriers. We need to bring back the Pony Express and Western Union Telegrams. :-D

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@Hull: I thought it was a bit botched. But anyway...

That does make sense. The other alternatives... Meh. I only deal with them in recieving goods, I always send USPS.

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