Just as Cinderella's magic wears off at midnight in the famous folk tale that has been traced back to ancient Greek or Egyptian origin, our government is expected to shutdown at midnight. Just a Cinderella goes from being the Belle of the Ball, back to a life of servitude, our government will once again take off its ballgown and reveal that it is nothing that it pretends to be. Our elected officials are making it clear that they will trifle with the lives of the American people and the Federal employees who serve them. Rather than collaborate or compromise on important issues to ensure that our government makes decisions that will help the majority of our people, our ruling parties are willing to sacrifice the people they serve to hold onto power. The Republicans will blame the Democrats and the Democrats will blame the Republicans. The bottom line is our country is heading for the wastebin because we are no longer being ruled by common sense. I am sorry to all of you who will be affected in what is looking like an inevitable shutdown. Social Security benefits should still be issued. In fact, here is SSA's contingency plan should a shutdown take place: https://www.ssa.gov/agency/shutdown/materials/contingency-plan-09-24-25.pdf.
As we continue to watch our Representative Republic devolve into chaos, one has to hope, or pray, if you are the praying type, that voters will think long and hard at the Midterms and elect officials who are more concerned with helping their constituents than themselves. If our only options are two failing parties who will not work with each other on a single issue that is important to our nation at large, well then we need a new party.
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