As the US budget continues to fall into dissaray, that threat of a governement shut down has been brought up in order to cut funding. The move would comnpletely shut down what governement considers unnecessary positions for a period of time. It would save millions of dollars by not having to pay for salaries. This would include house represenatives, agents of governemntal groups like EPA and the IRS. The positions that are considered "nonessential" would be the ones to be shut down.
While republicans are for the shut down, democrats are radically against it. They are so against it that they have been forced into an "emergency short term" fund cut. The bill that was passed will cut nearly $4 billion dollars in government spending but it is only temporary, and only postpones the threat of a government shut down.
Personally I think that if temporarily shutting down some positions would save the country potentially millions of dollars then it needs to be done! There is no need for represenatives to be getting paid so much. Not only that, but the move would ensure a decrease is laws and regulations passed.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_congress_spending
While republicans are for the shut down, democrats are radically against it. They are so against it that they have been forced into an "emergency short term" fund cut. The bill that was passed will cut nearly $4 billion dollars in government spending but it is only temporary, and only postpones the threat of a government shut down.
Personally I think that if temporarily shutting down some positions would save the country potentially millions of dollars then it needs to be done! There is no need for represenatives to be getting paid so much. Not only that, but the move would ensure a decrease is laws and regulations passed.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_congress_spending
I have to say that I agree that the government gets paid too much but I also have to say that i do not agree that they need t halt those positions. I think that it could come back and haunt us. I would have to say that they need to cut the salaries instead.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you and Mattherw and Mary!! The government does get paid to much money, and the spending of the Government does not have enough control on it, and something must be done before we find ourselves in even more turmoil then we have already stumbled upon.
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