Shutdown

A week from Tuesday I may not be allowed to go into work.

Why?

Because I work for the federal government, and our budget runs through September 30. The House of Representatives passed a budget, but they included language defunding Obamacare, and that will never pass the Democratically-controlled Senate.

I have 2 points.

1. It really sucks that those of us who choose to work for the federal government because we love this country and what it stands for will be required to stay home. It would be illegal for us to go to work. Not only have we had our pay frozen for 3 years, but now you're playing politics with my career because you haven't been able to roll back Obamacare the previous 39 times you tried? How is that fair? And how much of a waste of resources was it for you to take the time to vote on this issues 40, yes, 40 times for no purpose? I want to go to work, and because Congress is full of asshats, I won't be able to if the situation continues as it is.

2. I'm not going to lie, I wasn't the biggest fan of Obamacare in the beginning. I didn't support it, but I didn't hate it either; I was pretty ambivalent. Cancer has changed my perspective. Now that I have a "pre-existing condition," if I ever left my current job and needed to get health insurance, Obamacare gives me the right to coverage that I might not have otherwise had. I think this shows that sometimes we need to experience something before realizing why it is needed. It's kind of like some anti-gay folks change their minds once a family member comes out or they meet someone who is gay, and they realize that these are normal people who deserve all the rights that straight people have. Or those who are pro-gun and then are affected by gun violence sometimes change to anti-gun. I wonder what our Republican Congressmen would think if they couldn't afford health insurance and got cancer. Most of our representatives are wealthy enough though, that it's unlikely they will ever be in that position.

I really resent the Republicans doing this especially because they haven't proposed an alternative. If you want to get rid of it enough to cause a shutdown showdown, show me something that you think would be better. Especially since Obamacare is based off Republican Mitt Romney's plan.

Sigh. What a mess.