The U.S. of A., Everybody... *womp*

Sup, everybody. I have some things to talk (rant) about, and I'm going to give the information to the best of my ability.

In case you weren't aware, in less than six hours, if Congress can not agree on a budget plan after fundage stops at midnight tonight, the federal government will be shut down starting at midnight. This means military folk won't get paid, some people that work for the government won't have work (Obama said they can't work without pay, and they might not get paid, soooo...), people may not get their tax returns, and the world is going to shit, for what could be weeks.

Why is this all happening, you ask? Because politicians are brats, and Republicans and Democrats have started playing some sort of blame game in which they can't agree on a budget plan. Democrats say Republicans are being jerks for trying to cut fundage for Planned Parenthood (which is bad, obvi...), and they're thinking more ideologically than actually being concerned about financial issues. Republicans disagree, and are sticking to their decision to want to cut Planned Parenthood funding, regardless of the plan Democrats came up with, which would cut about $38 billion in spending.....

I'm not gonna choose sides. As an aspiring journalist, I can't really do that. But, as a chick who's mom works for the government and who, personally, supports Planned Parenthood, I think Congress needs to really get their shit together. Nobody has time or money for this.

Like I said, I'm giving information to the best of my ability. If I got something wrong, I apologize, but this is what I understood from everything I read and paid attention to.
Here are a few articles and thangs that I found interesting and informational:

Some stuff that gives a more detailed description of which side is saying what.
Info on the effects of the shutdown.
New York Times article on the whole ordeal.

New York Times might have more updated stuff throughout the site, there are already multiple articles up.
Stay posted, stay informed, and stay hopeful kiddos.
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