I don't understand why American has to go through this dumb-as-fuck pissing contest every year. For what? So whoever is in opposition can have a larger share of the pork barrel??
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It happens constantly because politicians can fight over it and bundle in otherwise unacceptable riders.
Also... they get a lot of talk show booking fees.
I feel like one party is always the one holding it hostage, and only when their president isn't in charge.
That's not fair! The longest shutdown in US history was under Trump when GOP had full control of the government. They'll happily obstruct themselves too.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%E2%80%932019_United_States_federal_government_shutdown
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Oh yea - this is definitely a favorite tactic of the GOP.
I feel like if I neglected doing a critical function of my job for a year and then grudgingly half did it so that I can coast a few more months, my boss would probably fire me.
What if your boss could only pick from one other person who was just about as bad at your job as you are, once every 2-4 years?
All of these are poor analogies.
Congress is more akin to group projects in school where nobody can properly function and produce something useful.
It's quite simple, the 2 party system created by first past the post in USA sucks.
It's both inefficient and undemocratic.
Countries like Denmark with 10+ parties generally pass national budgets with 80% majority.
There has never in my life time of 60+ years been a period of even a single day, where government didn't work because the national budget wasn't passed.
The cool thing is we don't have to go through this pissing contest!
Except we do, because we keep electing people to congress who wouldn't be qualified to mop the floor at the local mcdonalds, and this is what happens when you send idiots to lead a nation.
Oh it gets better than that - sometimes it’s several times a year because often they just kick the can down the road for 3 or 5 months then have to revisit it again.
Well they do have important breaks to take
The reason is Republicans.
We suck, in general.