Government being shutdown?

[thing]

Since stuff like the FTC is down, i've been getting so many marketing scams over the phone.

[Harmless]

Ouch.

Erm, does anyone have more opinions about this? Because I'm at a slight lost for words now.

[darthbrowser]

This should be much more concerning:

Oct. 17 Debt ceiling vote far more disconcerting than shutdown

Failure to raise the debt ceiling will result in an essentially much worse shutdown, as the government will literally lack even the most basic of provisions deciding what to keep running - unlike now, where law dictates that certain services, such as police forces, must remain in effect. Thus, no one will be paid, and all government services are at risk of shut down.

A debt ceiling breech has never occurred before, while shutdowns were relatively common in the 1960s and 70s. This is reflected in the lack of contingency plans for a debt ceiling breech, while a shutdown is quite organized.

Furthermore, a default on international loans will permanently raise America's interest payments. An increase of 0.1% equates to approximately 85 billion USD in interest payments per year.

If you think this is infeasible, keep in mind that Tea Party leaders such as Marco Rubio have stated that the strongest GOP push against the Affordable Care Act is to occur over the debt ceiling, as it is believed Obama cannot afford a default and will thus be forced to concede.

[KABOOM]

Playing Chicken with the well-being of 300 million people at stake. Lovely.

[Newgeneration]

...And here we have republicans going on about the debt ceiling and how it isn't going to affect the U.S. much. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/gop-shrugs-debt-ceiling-pleas-economic-leaders-article-1.1480121

P.S: I was going to type something else out, but I got a request timed out error when submitting and lost everything, so I'm giving up on my thoughts about this dilemma. Feel free to discuss it yourselves. >_>

[MessengerOfDreams]

Until it does, in which case they'll blame Obama.