Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Unemployment and the Shutdown
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/30/politics/government-shutdown-up-to-speed/index.html
As everyone knows, the government is currenrtly "shutdown." What exactly is this and why? Our current shutdown started this past month due to the Republicans and Democrats disagreeing on what to do with Obamacare. Shutdowns cut all non-essential services out of the system until it ends. There's an exception to military, police, etc. So what does this mean for unemployment? Any federal employee is currently jobless. According to CNN, 800,000 "non-essential" government workers are sitting at home right now. However; congress is still getting paid and jobless benefits are still being offered to the government workers that are effected from the shutdown.
What i really dont understand about a shutdown is what it accomplishes. CNN says it just puts us in more debt. I see no point in shutting down the government. I dont know much about politics but this seems completey unnecessary. Putting 800,000 people out of work, for technically no reason, is going to really hurt the economy more which would then lead to an even greater unemployment percent. A main concern i have as well is, if this shutdown lasts long enough, could our country be in another recession?
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The whole point of the shutdown was that the house wanted to delay Obamacare for one year and the senate did not. I read that most of the people that will be sent home are in the tourism industries, immigration services, or regulatory services. National Parks and Museums will likely close and so will many passport and visa agencies. This means that many people trying to enter the United States will have problems more so than those trying to enter. I don't really think that the economy will suffer that much because the only people that were sent home were deemed "non-essential" to the government. Those who are sent home will be payed once the government opens up again which was an unanimous vote on October 5th and the only area that will be really hard hit is D.C. I don't like the fact that the government is shut down but for the republicans it was the last option.
ReplyDeleteDemocrats and republicans can't get along. Their views are complete opposites so it can't surprise many people that they can not come to a solution. I think that the senate and house shouldn't get paid since they cannot agree. They put a lot of people out of jobs. They have no intensive to get anything due which isn't fair to all those people out of work. At least police and military get paid because they more then earn their money.
ReplyDeleteThe perfect recent article for an unemployment blog. I think that it is obviously bad that thousands upon thousands of people are not receiving pay right now as we're in the middle of this shutdown. These people could most likely have families and shiz, and now that they are not getting paid by the government, they are in financial danger if this lasts too long. We need to get this shutdown to end and get Americans back up and working.
ReplyDeleteThe Republicans let the government shut down because they simply could not let Obamacare go through. Due to this non-essential people were sent home and are not currently being paid. I hope that the Republicans and Democrats can find a way to work together. Otherwise the non-essential government workers will not be paid for a while. Even though they will get back pay, what will they do in the meantime?
ReplyDeleteI think one thing people are forgetting on many of the blogs regarding the shutdown is that THE REPUBLICANS INTRODUCED A CONTINUING RESOLUTION TO RESTART THE GOVERNMENT OTHER THAN OBAMACARE AND HARRY REID REFUSED TO ALLOW IT ON THE SENATE FLOOR FOR A VOTE. I keep hearing about Republican obstructionism, but the real problem here is Democrat's egotism and childlike behavior. The Democrats want it either exactly how they like it or no way at all. THEY would rather see families and industry hurt just so that they won't have to negotiate with those pesky Republicans who were elected in the exact same way they were. It's incredibly frustrating to me when a group acts so superior to another group to which they are equals.
ReplyDeleteI somewhat agree with Alex that the Democrats are being childlike by blocking the resolution, but the Republicans' method of demanding that Obamacare be defunded, and then essentially making lesser and lesser demands (ultimately offering to settle for congress being subjected to Obamacare) reflects their equally childish behavior of seeing how much they can get from the Democrats by threatening them with a shutdown. It would be like me asking if I can burn your house down, then asking if I can just burn down the second floor, then just your upstairs bathroom, and then maybe just your towels or something. Both parties are to blame for this mess, but the Republicans took the first step toward shutdown by including an amendment in their spending bill to defund Obamacare.
ReplyDeleteI agree with both Alex and David, but to me it just brings us back to the main problem congress refusing to do anything together. They both need to get off their high horse and start listening to what each other have to say.
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