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Thread ID: 135152 2013-10-01 20:13:00 Can some one explain the shut down in usa? beetle (243) PC World Chat
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1354733 2013-10-01 20:13:00 They are fighting over what exactly that has made them shut up shop and sulk in the corner till they get their way?
I work with better two year olds............ but what i dont understand is what is wrong that they had to do this...?

some health care scheme ? so it shows some one cares for others....and thats wrong? or am i off tack here?


Thank you, :)
beetle (243)
1354734 2013-10-01 20:22:00 In a nutshell

Republicans do not like the health care law that the Democrats (Obama) are putting through
So to try and stop it they threatened to withhold operating funds to the government. (this is basic funding for running govt departments)
Today they made good on their threat and did not pass the bill to enable further funding to the govt.

The result is all essential services and govt departments are in shutdown mode.
DeSade (984)
1354735 2013-10-01 20:24:00 Thank you,

do you know what is wrong with this health care scheme that they are so riled up about?
beetle (243)
1354736 2013-10-01 20:26:00 I think it is the compulsory insurance part that they do not like.
But I have been following the argument rather than the actual law so not so clear on that.
DeSade (984)
1354737 2013-10-01 20:39:00 In general, Right Wingers (Tea Party, Republicans, National Party, NZ First) care far more about the health of their (usually already substantial) bank accounts and much less about the welfare of the group (rest of the population), they don't like anything that bears any resemblance to socialism and which looks to them like communism. ie Universal Health Care.

They should be put into their own countries to get on with their lives without the workers they despise to support them.
zqwerty (97)
1354738 2013-10-01 21:08:00 Ok, so its the rich worrying for the poor peoples behalf :p so they dont have to worry about misspent dollars out of their pockets so that they might have to actually do some work to earn their own dollars to pay for their own health care?
In stead of sitting behind their own little desk and seeing it thru rose tinted glasses, they just want all the mean nasty things to go away so they throw a big tantrum and the monster stays in the closet eh? and all the normal hardworking people suffer by losing their normal wage cos their business or place of work had to shut?
wow sounds a lot like NZ parliament at times lol
most politicians dont care about the little people, they care about looking rich and keeping their bank balance firmly in the black...

thanks guys :)
beetle (243)
1354739 2013-10-01 21:17:00 Well... They are whining for no real reason, and everything will be fixed in a few weeks. This happens every year... Cato (6936)
1354740 2013-10-01 21:31:00 Usually they find a reason to threaten it every year but they have never gone through with it and issued a shut-down before. DeSade (984)
1354741 2013-10-01 21:51:00 Have a look at this if you are interested.

www.slate.com nd_why_to_sign_up_and.html
DeSade (984)
1354742 2013-10-01 22:21:00 Usually they find a reason to threaten it every year but they have never gone through with it and issued a shut-down before.

Not entirely true. 17 years ago according to the Stuff article I read. Maybe not to this extent but has happened...
lordnoddy (3645)
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