The US is essentially 17 trillion dollars in debt. In 2008, when Barack Obama first took office, we were only 9.7 trillion dollars in debt. So, since 2004 we have almost doubled the amount of debt in the US. If the Democrat's and Republicans do not start working together the government will shut down on October 1st; a week from today. The debt ceiling is how much the government can borrow. When we hit the amount allowed to borrow, it just keeps increasing never really making a change for the better; just increasing the debt.
Affects of the Government Shutting Down
- All national park sites closed
- The last time US government shut down almost 260 passports were never fulfilled
- If you are a federal employee and do not serve a purpose of saving the world you will have time off until the government reconvenes.
- Taxes will still continue during Shut Downs; along with post offices and health care
- Anyone who wants gun permits,or loans from the government has to wait until after the shut down is over
Immigration
Border Security -
- Doubled the amount of troops on the border of Mexico and the United States
- Since 2000 the number of people illegally crossing the border decreased by 80%
-Air servalince; drones (flying camera)
- Put up better fences
- Passport and Visa fraud; a lot of people do it illegally because it takes too long to get a Passport/Visa
- US is trying to help improve Mexico's government system
Strengthening employment
- Barack is only admitting working people to stay; no criminals
- Criminals will eventually be caught and sent back to Mexico
- Fraud and Identity theft is a major problem that electronic verification will hopefully solve
- Electronic employment verification; so when they are signing up it will verify if they are who they say they are
- Stop people from knowingly hiring undocumented workers
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