Seriously Government, Get it Together!

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past two weeks then it is not news that the United States government is shut down. That is a whole other issue though, what Brad Tuttle talks about in his article Three Parts of the U.S. Being Hammered Economically by the Shutdown is how the shutdown has affected certain areas economically. 

The first place mentioned is Southern Utah. Utah is the home to many national parks and monuments, which happen to be funded by federal money. Due to the government shut down these parks and monuments have been closed and off-limits to tourists. For a state like Utah, who makes most of it’s money from tourists visiting these parks, this shutdown has been extremely inconvenient and problematic. 

The other two areas mentioned in the article are Fayetteville, North Carolina, a military town, and Greater Washington, D.C. I find this to be extremely infuriating. First of all, the reason the government shutdown was because people in Congress couldn’t come to an agreement and decided to be stubborn and immature. Thanks to their inability to settle affairs with maturity and levelheadedness, many citizens are suffering the consequences. This is extremely unfair and pathetic.

It’s no secret that other countries judge us constantly. It’s natural to compare your country to others and see what’s better and worse in which one. This shutdown is not making America look good. We always seem to become involved in affairs in other countries, acting like a big brother, trying to help out and bring peace and whatnot, but when our government can’t even come to an agreement on something so simple, that doesn’t speak well about us. No one is going to take a country seriously when they can’t even solve their own problems without throwing a tantrum.

I believe that this shutdown is embarrassing, unnecessary, but also incredibly unfair to the citizens of the United States. Most American work hard for most of their life and they actively contribute to society. So how is it fair that the government can’t even return the favor? It’s not fair for people to lose their source of income because the of the government’s incompetence. It’s not fair for people to be at their wits end simply because certain people are too selfish and stubborn to approve health care for everyone. It’s not fair for people to lose money because people in the government are so selfish and greedy. I may be an American citizen, but at the moment, that’s not something I take pride in.