Why doesn't the DNC compromise with the GOP? —Because the GOP are terrorists!

Republican.

Sure, I'll address it. There has never been a year that support outnumbered opposition for the ACA. Less than 50% of the country supports the law. The cited reasons are irrelevant.

There are other ways aside from a veto-proof majority to fight for the will of your constituents, clearly provided for in the Constitution. The GOP is using one such mechanism right now. You just don't like it is all.

Yes, yes he is. Both parties are valuing their ideology over keeping the government funded over the next few weeks. Both of them.

I think that the people affected by this (the less than 1% of the population) will be inconvenienced, and their organizations will spend extra money to catch back up. But in that time, the tax payer will be *not* paying for those programs. So it's mostly a wash.

The process of founding a country doesn't end as soon as the first year starts. It took decades to found the United States. Our "Founding Fathers" wrote the Bill of Rights. But nice try, one day you might win an argument with word play. But it is not this day.

Yes, government workers and politicians constitute less than 1% of the population, and of them, only about 40% will be furloughed.

The Republicans never said anything like that either. What's your point?

If you believe I am wrong, then I am clearly more knowledgeable than you on this matter, because I am right.

I believe it's HR 2682. And yes, I think if liberals could choose between their ideological crusades and funding the government, they'll choose their ideological crusades. That's EXACTLY what they're doing here. They *could* compromise and change or delay Obamacare, but they'd rather see the government shut down…

No, it's not destroying the lives of "countless Americans"... it is slightly disrupting the lives of a VERY COUNTABLE NUMBER of government workers.

This won't be the first time govt has shut down, and it won't be the last. Not even close for both. Settle down, buddy. The FDA doesn't personally inspect all our food, it just passes regulations that the companies adhere to, and yeah, I think we'll be fine for a month or two without any new regulations.

There are three parties involved in a hostage situation:

They're both trying to pass a law. What are the effects of these laws?

No, it's worth 1 vote.

No. That's not what I'm saying. I'll say it again, in different words this time:

That's like if you and I were arguing over a parking spot, and to get your way, you ran into the woods, grabbed a roach, and said, "If you don't give me this space, I'll kill this roach!" From my perspective, there's no hostage situation here, you're just a moron that's under the mistaken impression that I care about…

Yeah, see here's the difference:

Except the vast majority of the country doesn't seem to care (nor should they). That kinda negates the whole "hostage" thing, eh?