The federal government ground to a halt when Senate Democrats refused to pass a continuing resolution unless it included billions in health care subsidies. Fourteen attempts failed to reach the 60-vote threshold needed to keep the lights on.
This record-breaking shutdown hurt not only federal workers but also the contractors who depend on those jobs. Air-traffic safety was compromised, paychecks vanished, and families relying on government assistance faced uncertainty.
What started as a demand for taxpayer-funded healthcare benefits, including illegal immigrants, became a national self-inflicted wound. The Democrats played politics with people’s livelihoods, and everyone lost. But Democrats refuse to take responsibility.
It’s a timeless truth: what government gives, it can also take away. Democrats and their media allies spun the shutdown as a Republican failure, claiming the GOP refused to help the poor. In reality, Democrats engineered the shutdown to protest Donald Trump’s policies, knowing full well the hardship it would cause.
They used the chaos to blame Republicans for cutting off food stamps, delaying flights, and withholding healthcare. It was an old political trick: cause the pain, then accuse your opponents of being heartless. Meanwhile, the media parroted every talking point, fueling public outrage and fear. And the general public, trusting what they heard, believed the very architects of the crisis. Mission accomplished.
The damage was real. Consumer confidence sank to a three-year low. Air travel delays mounted. Grocery bills climbed while federal nutrition programs froze. As Forbes reported, “Delays in federal payments and projects disrupt $183 billion in small-business contracts nationwide.” Tens of thousands of everyday Americans lost wages they’ll never recover.
This wasn’t about protecting healthcare—it was about power. The left gambled that pain and confusion would erode support for the GOP and for President Trump. Yet after all the bluster, the government reopened with no new funding for the Democrat demands, leaving taxpayers to foot the bill for an expensive temper tantrum that achieved absolutely nothing, but anger.
Moreover, this should be a lesson to every American. First, that the Democratic Party is not “for the little guy.” And second, if you depend on the government for your well-being, you will be sorely disappointed.
Proverbs 22:7 says, “The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.”
Dependence on government is dependence on a fickle master. The same hand that gives can just as easily close its fist. This shutdown is another warning that misplaced faith in political power leads to bondage, not blessing. Freedom begins when we stop expecting Washington to provide what only God can sustain. This is yet another example of how things go awry when people like the Democrats and their followers try to show that government is greater than God, a concept that is worse than, say it with me, Stupidocrisy.
Sources
Breitbart — “Dem Rep. Scholten: ACA Subsidies Subsidize the Cost of Health Care, Which We Shouldn’t Do” (Nov 6 2025)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/11/06/dem-rep-scholten-aca-subsidies-subsidize-the-cost-of-health-care-which-we-shouldnt-do/
Breitbart — “Dem Rep. Scholten: Dems Can’t End the Shutdown, Only GOP Can by Extending Subsidies” (Nov 6 2025)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/11/06/dem-rep-scholten-dems-cant-end-the-shutdown-only-gop-can-by-extending-subsidies/
Breitbart — “Exclusive: Whip Tom Emmer — Democrat Demands Show the Shutdown Was Never About Health Care” (Nov 8 2025)
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2025/11/08/exclusive-whip-tom-emmer-democrat-demands-show-the-shutdown-was-never-about-health-care/
Breitbart — “Democrats Cave on Government Funding, Receive Nothing Ending Schumer Shutdown” (Nov 9 2025)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/09/democrats-cave-government-funding-receive-nothing-ending-schumer-shutdown/
The Epoch Times — “Record-Breaking Government Shutdown Drags Consumer Sentiment to 3-Year Low” (Nov 7 2025)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/record-breaking-government-shutdown-drags-consumer-sentiment-to-3-year-low-5941501
Washington Technology — “Shutdown’s Ripple Effect: Contractors, Small Businesses Face Devastating Economic Hit” (Oct 2025)
https://www.washingtontechnology.com/companies/2025/10/shutdowns-ripple-effect-contractors-small-businesses-face-devastating-economic-hit/408565/
Forbes — “Inside the Shutdown Economy: The Cost for Small Business Contractors” (Oct 27 2025)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nataliemadeiracofield/2025/10/27/inside-the-shutdown-economy-the-cost-for-small-business-contractors/
Nolo — “What the Federal Government Shutdown Means for Small Businesses” (2025)
https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/what-the-federal-government-shutdown-means-for-small-businesses.html
CBS News — “Government Shutdown Could Cost Economy Billions Each Week” (Oct 2025)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-economy-billions/
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