The US has a strange practice of shutting down its own government as part of political debate. This has been recently happening, so here is a history of what it has been in the past. ------------------------------------------------------------ external links: Boston Globe article on the subject: http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2013/09/30/history-government-shutdowns/JCbyamnf0ifg6DSCpEsTkK/story.html wikipedia article on the subject: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_shutdown_in_the_United_States a reason magazine article: http://reason.com/archives/2013/10/01/govt-shutdown-may-not-be-that-politicall a really useful history lesson on the subject: http://www.ajc.com/news/news/national/government-shutdown-history-lesson/nbCWq/ ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History