Economics
U.S. Fiscal Feud Sees No Heroes as Voters Assess Blame
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The partial shutdown of the U.S. government for the first time in 17 years has become a contest of who is wearing the cleanest dirty shirt.
President Barack Obama said Republicans who control the U.S. House are risking the economic recovery to derail the Affordable Care Act, even though it was upheld by the Supreme Court and ratified by his re-election. “You can’t shut it down,” Obama said yesterday of the health insurance program that begins enrollment today.