Since putting President Obama in the White House in 2008, young people have been a lot more engaged in politics than what most might assume. Within the last couple of weeks, my little Android has been bombarded with questions about the supposed “government shut-down.” The truth is that the government does face a looming deadline (Friday, April 8) and if it cannot agree on a budget to fund the next fiscal year, as well as the remainder of this fiscal year, then yes, the government will SHUT DOWN! But cheer up, kids! This isn’t the first time the U.S. government has shut down. Most of us were still in grade school when it happened, but President Clinton was sitting in the Oval Office the last time the government shut down. In 1995 House Republicans refused to compromise with the Democratic president and as a result, the government went broke. (Sound familiar?) Today, President Obama urged House Republicans to compromise with Democrats by saying that a government shutdown would be “inexcusable.”
Here’s a short list of things that would be intangible in the midst of a gov’t shutdown:
· WIC (Speaks for itself)
· Welfare checks (No more 1st of the month!)
· Gov’t employee checks (Mom & Dad’s paychecks)
· Gov’t assisted loans (College students, Home loans)
· Gov’t grant monies (Pell Grants)
Who would you blame if the government were to shut down? Leave us a comment.
