US Government Shutdown

@pjmurphy (2500)
United States
January 16, 2019 4:19pm CST
How long do you predict the government shutdown in USA will last? Who do you blame for the shutdown and are you personally affected?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (205771)
• Walnut Creek, California
16 Jan 19
It's hard for me to predict. We have a stubborn "president" and a Congress that is not interested in a wall. Who is to blame? That's pretty obvious.
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Jo Miller
@pjmurphy (2500)
• United States
16 Jan 19
'Stubborn' is a rather kind way to describe this president.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (205771)
• Walnut Creek, California
16 Jan 19
@pjmurphy I have the gift of understatement.
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (65282)
• Serbia
16 Jan 19
I do not know what is happening in the US government and I really do not care because they did not bring anything good to my country. I just hope that people who live there will be happy.
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Jo Miller
@pjmurphy (2500)
• United States
16 Jan 19
Personally I'll be a lot happier when this president is gone.
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (65282)
• Serbia
16 Jan 19
@pjmurphy Yes, I hear that many people in America are dissatisfied with him.
Jo Miller
@pjmurphy (2500)
• United States
16 Jan 19
@Nevena83 Increasingly so. It gets worse every day,
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MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (79751)
• United States
16 Jan 19
I can't predict how long but I do feel really bad for those not getting paid.
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MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (79751)
• United States
17 Jan 19
@TheHorse those poor puppies. That's something I never would have thought about being affected by the shutdown.
The Horse
@TheHorse (205771)
• Walnut Creek, California
16 Jan 19
I do too. And there are many trickle-down effects. My brother, who rescues dogs, was telling me that there is currently no oversight of the "puppy mills" that often mistreat dogs before selling them.
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ARM
@responsiveme (22926)
• India
17 Jan 19
Hope things work out for the ordinary citizens
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Jo Miller
@pjmurphy (2500)
• United States
18 Jan 19
Things will get back to normal soon, we hope.
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Bensen32
@Bensen32 (27519)
• United States
25 Jan 19
I'm not sure how much longer this will go, at day 35 it doesn't seem as though it is going to end anytime soon. I'm not personally affected by it. As for who is at fault...We all (USA) are, we voted in these people, we allow these people to stay in power and make these kinds of choices, we allow them to lie, cheat, and steal to get to where they are and to stay there. 90% of them could careless about us until it comes time to vote then they will tell us anything we want to hear if it is going to get them a vote.
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Jo Miller
@pjmurphy (2500)
• United States
25 Jan 19
I agree only we the people have the power to change things, mainly by voting, but also, very important, staying informed and keeping in touch with our representatives. We elected them. We pay their salaries.
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Teddy
@ThreeTeddies (2038)
• United Kingdom
17 Jan 19
As an outsider from the UK I am astonished that such a situation could arise in the first place never mind drag on as long as it has
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Jo Miller
@pjmurphy (2500)
• United States
17 Jan 19
Believe me, many of us are astonished by many things that have been going on in our government for the past two years. I'm also astonished that many of his supporters still support him. I hope we'll get back to normal some day soon.
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Jo Miller
@pjmurphy (2500)
• United States
17 Jan 19
@ThreeTeddies Two more years, but I'm hoping he is either removed or resigns before then. I don't know how much more we can take.
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Teddy
@ThreeTeddies (2038)
• United Kingdom
17 Jan 19
@pjmurphy When does his term of office run out?
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scarlet_woman
@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
18 Jan 19
i'll give it another month before people really start losing their crap. newly homeless got all day to protest.
dhia eddine
@didinedhia (8475)
• Algeria
16 Jan 19
i have no idea what is happening??
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