Read the following from a petitioner at 'Move on' and click the link below if you want to sign too.
The
GOP-controlled House of Representatives decided to shut down the
government rather than pass a spending bill that funds the Affordable
Care Act, otherwise known as "Obamacare." Not only has the president's signature healthcare law been upheld
by the Supreme Court,
but it was a major issue in the last presidential election when
Republicans were soundly defeated.
These Republican members of Congress are putting the extreme and
ideological demands of a small minority over the health of the American
economy. And now, federal employees, veterans, and hardworking families
will be the ones who have to pay the price. That is unfair and morally
reprehensible.
Members of Congress should take responsibility for their own inaction and lose
their paychecks until they come to a resolution. Every day this drags
on, it does more damage to everyday Americans and our nation's
fragile economy.
That's why I started a petition, which says:
I demand that members of Congress NOT get
paid during a self-inflicted government shutdown. It is morally
reprehensible that hardworking federal employees will stop receiving
the paychecks they need to feed their families and pay their mortgages,
while Congress still gets paid for refusing to do the job they were
elected to do.
Thanks!
–Laura Leavitt
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