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Federal Government Begins First Shutdown In 17 Years

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Re: Federal Government Begins First Shutdown In 17 Years

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Even with all the money being printed by Fed (>80 billion usd per month!) there is not enough money for the biggest military+police government on Earth.

You have a lot of things mixed up. This isn't about not enough money. It's about Congress having to pass a budget in order to run the government. Maybe you're thinking of the debt ceiling?

Re: Federal Government Begins First Shutdown In 17 Years

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How significant is this though? A quick wikipedia search shows the government has shut down 18 times (including this one) since 1976.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_shutdown#Federal_gov...

In fact, the government shut down almost every year from 1976 to 1987 (only missing 1980 and 1985).

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