JOSE V. ROMERO
The reason that the federal government in the United States (US) is on a shutdown mode is ostensibly the failure of both political parties to find a common ground on the General Appropriations Act. What is not reported by the mainstream liberal US media is that this is not just about wrangling over the possibility of the US budget hitting the ceiling and the possibility of default on debt repayment but more about a conflict in ideology and morality.