Quote Originally Posted by hollohas View Post
..... Except that one time they sent .gov employees home for short vacation then paid them all back pay anyway.
That was approval of the federal budget versus raising debt ceiling.

If the US defaults on their debt, a whole new economic reality hits the world.

The job of all of our representatives and senators is to maintain the security of the country. If they don't do their job, they should be fired immediately.
You would be.