Govt. Shutdown Becomes Subject of Satire Around the World

First shutdown in 17 years

(CNN) -- For the reigning super power and the largest economy in the world, it's an egg-on-your-face moment.

For the first time in 17 years, the U.S. government shut down as its democratically-elected politicians could not come to an agreement over a spending bill. This stalemate closed non-essential services, sending 800,000 federal workers home without pay as lawmakers bickered about who was to blame. The shutdown could cost the economy about $1 billion a week.

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[Plopper]

"Cost" the economy $1 billion a week. How's dat spin?

This is why they should have just let Dems have their law and forced them to implement it on time, would have been much harder to blame it on teathuglicans.

Now it's open season, fucking morons.

I LOVE government shutdowns, but this is an awful political move.

[VicRattlehead]

I say good start now if we can only keep it shut down we will be on the track to true progress, its a free market why not make up another government and fire all the duopoly republicrats