DAVID DITCH: Three Reasons We Can’t Seem To Step Off The Government Shutdown Merry-Go-Round
DAVID DITCH: Three Reasons We Can’t Seem To Step Off The Government Shutdown Merry-Go-Round David Ditch on January 24, 2024 Congress continues to be the definition of dysfunction. It misses budget deadlines, relies on the threat of government shutdowns to get anything done and then spends taxpayer funds recklessly without review. This is not a one-time situation, it’s a pattern. Once again, a temporary spending bill was passed last week, one day before there would have been a partial government shutdown. Considering that the gross national debt is now over $100,000 for every man, woman and child in the country,