To: CONGRESS of the USA
LOCK DOWN CONGRESS in DC until a LONG TERM solution is passed.
keep them there during the holidays and beyond. they don't care if they don't get paid. they will get it back. the kick the can down the road syndrome, which has become the norm - MUST END. citizens should no longer (and the world markets) have to endure crisis after crisis - which are CREATED BY CONGRESS alone.
Why is this important?
the shutdown, cost billions a day, it hurt many small communities that surround the national parks. it has ruined peoples livelihoods, caused business' to close down, new businesses unable to open. sick patients could not enter vital clinical trials. it cost america over $24 billion dollars.