http://www.smh.com.au/world/united-...as-congress-hits-dead-end-20131001-2upwq.html Well, this will be interesting...
I still can't tell if this is massive news or if they are just off looking for the can that is in the bushes somewhere before giving it a good boot again.
It's going to be just like the fiscal cliff. The shutdown will cause plenty of hype and worry, but in the last minute the government will save the day with a groundbreaking new deal
... and if they come up with a deal, it will be all rainbows and unicorns again. ... until next time.
You just look at the US government and think how the hell do they run the biggest economy in the world like it's a game. There's always a debt ceiling or a budget or a fiscal cliff which leads to posturing and grand-standing to the last minute before there's a stop gap resolution and the cycle repeats. There would be better governments in impovished countries of Africa that wouldn't be this stupid to run a country like this. Most of countries don't wait until the last minute to pass a budget or lift a borrowing limit.
I disagree EVERY african government is seriously turtled up full of violence and deep curroption.-- waaaaaaaaayyyyyyy more so than this dysfunctional US government in every sense.
Libya wasn't so bad before America tried to clean up yet another mess [mess being no central bank ...and a "dictatorial" leader (Qaddafi)'s fatal idea of an African currency backed by shiny yellow rocks]. Of course that ignores the US being equally turtled up full of violence (score 1 Russia re Syria) and deep corruption (I think the very forums roots explain that in enough detail).