In Early October, the United States of America went into a
governmental shutdown. Being an American I was feeling many things but mainly
only two feelings; the first feeling was confusion and the second feeling was
embarrassment. I didn’t really know what a government shutdown meant until I
read into it and spoke about it with a fellow peer who was studying economics
who enlightened me about the debt ceiling and pretty much made the government
shutdown reality for me.
A
small summary of the issue would be as follows; the House of Representatives in
America is led by the Republican Party and our president is Democratic where
lies the main problem and reason why the shutdown happened in the first place. The
shutdown was based around the issue of money and where the Democrats with Obama
was spending the money and how much of it was being spent. The government
shutdown happened after the republicans refused to give into what the Democrats
wanted and nobody wanted to compromise enough. One of the main articles I
chose, which is the CNN article is an unbiased (in my opinion) article that
describes the government shutdown and gives the reader an unbiased description
of what the government shutdown is and who it will affect and why.
The
huffingtonpost article I chose describes who the Americans think are the main
cause of the Government shutdown. When I read the article, the news was just
what I thought it would be; most Americans are blaming the republican party for
causing the government but there is still blame being given to every person in
the government who has a main part or contributed anything which includes the
speaker of the house from the republicans, head democrats including the
president.
In
my opinion, the government shutdown was necessary because I think it shook up
the entire nation and made everybody realize the effects something like this
could have on us if we didn’t come to a conclusion fast. I think personally
reading a biased article will not affect me because of the fact that I know its
showing one side over the other. If I was asked who I would blame I would agree
with the lady from Texas that is quoted in the huffingtonpost and blame
everybody in the government who had an impact. Even though I’m not going to be
asked which side I would side with, I am better off knowing what the shutdown
was about and I am thankful it is all over and will be dealt with at a later
date so hopefully communication will be better in the future.
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