Shut down the government? Seriously?

To put it in perspective...

The federal government may endure a partial shutdown some time after midnight Friday, April 8 because House Republicans can not come to agreement on spending levels for the rest of the fiscal year with Senate Democrats and President Obama. But what is the disagreement over?

The issue is over whether Congress should approve spending cuts of two pennies from every dollar spent in deficit in the current fiscal year or — what Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) calls "extreme" — a plan to cut four pennies from every deficit dollar.

The federal deficit for 2011 is estimated by the Congressional Budget Office to be some $1.4 trillion dollars and congressional negotiators are wrangling over whether to cut $30 billion or $61 billion from the spending plan, which amount to two percent or four percent of the deficit.

http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/co ... of-deficit

Avg federal deficit as percentage of GDP by administration

Good article - I shared it.

Isn't NPR part of the problem???? The article is called Bovine Scatology IMO.

The budget impasse is partly regarding taking the funding away from them and Planned Parenthood. Nice try SC!!!!

No... It isn't.... Neither is Planned Parenthood...

Nice try...

What about NICS? No instant checks --- man - you'd run half the state into the poor house.

For a minute there I thought you were trying to say if the government shuts down NCIS won't be on TV.