“I don’t think that it was necessary. It was very inconvenient, and I think that it didn’t accomplish anything.”
“I am not that well-informed about it all, but from my knowledge and from what I have heard, it didn’t help accomplish anything, and it affected a lot of people negatively.”
“It was such a dumb thing to do, honestly, and it didn’t benefit us in any way. I feel like it did more harm than good, but that’s just my perspective.”
“It was a waste of time, resources, and energy. It was just a shameful situation, and nothing was achieved. Workers were laid off, and people weren’t working or receiving their paychecks. It was just a political fight that didn’t bring any good to anyone.”
“It was good in theory for what was trying to be accomplished, and how they were trying to kind of force Republicans to rewrite the budget. But then I feel like a lot of the work kind of got erased once some of the Democrats just conceded. So ultimately, no, I don’t think anything was accomplished.”
“It was a lesson learned overall. I think, obviously, there are issues with the actual government shutting down. But then also, I do think it brought out an awareness of how important government really is in our daily lives, such as air travel and SNAP. I also think it highlights how fragile our health care system is, and the whole democratic side of the argument. I think those things are up there in debate, and it showed us the overall state of our government.”
