The US government has been in a state of partial closure since December 22, when the deadline for a funding deal has passed, as the discussions have reached a standstill. The partial closure is the third of its kind in the past year. Washington has not seen a bipartisan crisis as it has been for 40 years. US President Donald Trump is demanding $ 5 billion to build a wall on the Mexican border, which Democrats are fiercely opposed to.
But the biggest loser is not the economy or the party that makes the most concessions, but the government itself, according to a Gallup poll following the closure of 2013, general resentment from the government has risen to 33%, the highest level ever. The political imbalance was 26 percent during the Watergate scandal.
The first real closure occurred in November 1981, but in its early days President Ronald Reagan refused to sign a budget without billions of tax cuts. The Republican-controlled Senate and the Democratic-controlled White House found a solution by the next day. This happened seven times until 1989.
The latest closure, which began in late December, is among the longest in history. Despite the turmoil, Trump insists on financing the Mexican border wall in the budget. And stands ready to continue the impasse for years. Closures occurred every year when Jimmy Carter was president, with an average of 11 days each.
Sources: The New York Times, Infobles and The Palms
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