We've been here before, folks
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Last time the government shut down, Ini and I were hitch hiking in California. Part of the governmental shut down means National Parks are closed. Hmm... That's where we rely on sleeping on our travels oftentimes!
We snuck in anyway and had a nice peaceful time by the river in solitude!
But what does it mean for majority of Americans, Government workers, the government itself??
According to CNN:
- Thousands of federal employees will be placed on furlough -- meaning they won't report to work Monday. Whoever works for agencies and departments that are considered nonessential, including agencies that pay out small business loans and process passport requests, will cease to work effective immediately until Congress is able to agree on a bill for the federal budget."
- For the White House that means "1,056 members of the Executive Office of the President would be furloughed, and 659, considered essential, would continue to report to work."
- For the Military, still report for duty, but potential to not be paid if it lasts for a long time!
That's a lot of unhappy people potentially! Sorry to any government employees!
But at least we'll still get our mail. Thanks US Postal Service!
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Of course the Republicans are blaming the Democrats and Democrats aren't owning up to it!
I'm sure it's a lot more complex than that anyway
And they're going to say things like:
"We are committed to making sure the American people, especially our great military and the most vulnerable children are taken care of." ~Press secretary Sarah Sanders
When in reality,
This is just a pissing and shouting match amongst a bunch of old white men...
That doesn't affect anyone except for the people who work for the government (sorry guys! get a new job working for creating alternative economies and not feeding the machine!)
Let's put our energy instead into building the world we want to live in! Ecovillages, local small communities, organic Non GMO farming, homeschooling and unschooling, consciousness raising activities like meditation and energy healing, renewable energy! Governments aren't the answer anyway!!
