Government Shutdown

One of the most controversial topics in discussion among Americans right now is the government shutdown. The cause for this decision to temporarily shut down the government was a disagreement between the House and Senate about a bill to pass that would subsidize the government for Obamacare (also known as the Affordable Healthcare Act). While I can see the validity of both sides of the argument and understand the reason for the disagreement, I don't believe a shutdown is the way to handle it. This shutdown is temporarily putting many people out of work and withholding their pay, while Congress, who proposed the idea of the shutdown, continues to receive pay despite the cut off of several federal services. Besides that, the shutdown is also very inconvenient for the American people, whose best interest the government claims they keep in mind. Some of the services that are being shutdown are ones that are in high demand by the citizens of the United States. For example, no one can get a passport until the government is fully operating again, which is upsetting to a lot of people. Another very important consequence of this shutdown to consider is the amount of debt it's adding and the long-term economic damages it will do. We have enough debt as it is; the last thing we need is to keep adding billions of more dollars to it. I know it's easier said than done, but the Democrats and Republicans who represent the Senate and House, respectively, need to either reach a compromise in regards to the bill for funding Obamacare, or they need to find another way to deal with their differences in opinion and keep the government in operation until they make their final decision because this shutdown is proving detrimental to our country and economy.