It seems like the American government is just like a friend that asks for $2.50 to buy a drink, and they say that they’ll pay you back but they never end up doing it. Now, just replace $2.50 with $33.1 trillion, and you’ll see the situation the United States is in. Considering how the government funds what we see and interact with in our daily lives, the impact of this government shutdown could be big.
The government, as many of us would know, runs the country that we all live in. The government collects taxes from us so that we could fund things such as schools, roads, public parks, and food inspections. Our taxes can also help them fund their massive mountain of debt that they have. However, their debt just continues to rise.
We have no idea how long the Government may be shut down since it has always been a random time, however the longest ever recorded time the government was shut down was in 2019, where the government was shut down for a whopping 34 days. This period was from December 22 to January 25th, where it shut down due to an impasse from former President Trump’s demand for 5.7 billion dollars for the Mexican border. Since the government does so much for us, the effects of this could have terrible results on the United State’s economy. “It touches you in more ways than you know,” according to Ms. Ventimiglia, a vice principal at Wayne Hills.
When asked about the possibility of the Government shutdown, this is what some students had to say about it:
“The education system is gonna get budget cut and be worse, and if you’re on food stamps you’re gonna have a really bad time. The military ain’t going anywhere, far too profitable for Lockheed Martin and their lobbyists,” said Anthony Cassara, a junior here at Wayne Hills.
“Let’s be honest, government shutdowns are just Republicans throwing temper tantrums and nothing is actually going to happen,” said Aaron Schwarz, a junior here at Wayne Hills.
While we may not notice it at first, the government shutdown will be incredibly impactful towards the already crumbled state of the U.S. economy, so all we can really do in these kinds of times is hope that this government shutdown lasts for as little time as possible.
