Australia had a government shutdown once. In the end, the queen fired everyone in Par

[foundit66]

Australia had a government shutdown once.
In the end, the queen fired everyone in Parliament

The United States' self-imposed federal government shutdown has a way of making people around the world shake their heads in bewilderment. As Georgetown professor Erik Voeten wrote for The Washington Post's new Monkey Cage political science blog, "I cannot think of a single foreign analogy to what is happening in the U.S. today."
But there actually is one foreign precedent: Australia did this once. In 1975, the Australian government shut down because the legislature had failed to fund it, deadlocked by a budgetary squabble. It looked a lot like the U.S. shutdown of today, or the 17 previous U.S. shutdowns.
Australia's 1975 shutdown ended pretty differently, though, than they do here in America. Queen Elizabeth II's official representative in Australia, Governor General Sir John Kerr, simply dismissed the prime minister. He appointed a replacement, who immediately passed the spending bill to fund the government. Three hours later, Kerr dismissed the rest of Parliament. Then Australia held elections to restart from scratch. And they haven't had another shutdown since.

Australia had a government shutdown once. In the end, the queen fired everyone in Parliament.
Part of me is drooling inside...

[Oftencold]

Originally Posted by foundit66

Australia had a government shutdown once.
In the end, the queen fired everyone in Parliament

Australia had a government shutdown once. In the end, the queen fired everyone in Parliament.
Part of me is drooling inside...

Obama is a queen now?! Oh, that's just wrong!

[Lollie]

Originally Posted by Oftencold

Obama is a queen now?! Oh, that's just wrong!

[dabateman]

Originally Posted by Oftencold

Obama is a queen now?! Oh, that's just wrong!

[GottaGo]

But for once, I wish we had a Queen.....

Every. Last. One. Of. Them.

[MrLiberty]

Originally Posted by GottaGo

But for once, I wish we had a Queen.....

Every. Last. One. Of. Them.

I'm proud to live in a representative republic where that can't happen, aren't you?

We the people get to decide when to fire our representatives.

Thank God we don't live by the whims of some dame 8 or 9 thousand miles a way.

[Manitou]

Queen Obama does fit him. I'm still not bowing to the comedian.

[GottaGo]

Originally Posted by MrLiberty

I'm proud to live in a representative republic where that can't happen, aren't you?

We the people get to decide when to fire our representatives.

Thank God we don't live by the whims of some dame 8 or 9 thousand miles a way.

Oh, I enjoy the freedoms of our country, no doubt about that.

But one could wish to see the expression on their faces when their ousted.

We The People can't prevent some of the lies that are sold and the very people we trust in making the best decisions for their constituency turn out to be self-centered power hungry idiots who don't care a thing for the citizens.