Kerajaan Amerika berhenti operasi

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Kerajaan Amerika berhenti operasi2013/10/02 - 03:42:12 AMCetakEmel Kawan

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Satu hadangan diletak di luar Lincoln Memorial bagi menyekat kemasukan pelancong di kawasan bersejarah itu selepas kerajaan Amerika menghentikan operasi berikutan kebuntuan bajet. - Foto REUTERS

Perbalahan bajet sekat dana untuk tahun kewangan baru

Washington: Kerajaan persekutuan Amerika Syarikat memberhentikan operasi buat kali pertama dalam masa 17 tahun semalam, selepas Kongres gagal menyelesaikan masalah bajet walaupun berjam-jam berunding sebelum itu.

Kira-kira 10 minit sebelum tengah malam, pejabat bajet Rumah Putih mengeluarkan arahan kepada kebanyakan jabatan kerajaan supaya mula berhenti tugas.

Satu puak dalam sebuah parti di satu bahagian Kongres tidak boleh hentikan operasi kerajaan kerana mahu melawan keputusan pilihan raya” Barack Obama, Presiden Amerika Syarikat

Pada masa sama, 800,000 pekerja persekutuan memulakan cuti tanpa gaji kerana kegagalan itu selain menyebabkan pelancong tidak dapat mengunjungi tugu bersejarah seperti Statue of Liberty, taman negara dan muzium.

Peluang mencapai penyelesaian segera masih tidak jelas dan pakar ekonomi memberi amaran bahawa usaha pemulihan ekonomi Amerika mungkin semakin rumit jika ia berterusan beberapa hari lagi.

Hanya pekerja yang benar-benar perlu saja akan bertugas mulai hari ini, menjadikan jabatan lain termasuk Rumah Putih tinggal beberapa kakitangan saja.

Operasi penting seperti penghantaran surat dan kawalan trafik udara masih normal. Anggota Republikan di Kongres berulang kali memberi syarat kepada kerajaan Obama mengenai program kesihatan terbaru.
Tetapi, usaha mereka dihalang sekutu Obama di Senat menyebabkan proses dana kerajaan terhenti pada tengah malam Isnin (kelmarin).

Tidak wajar berlaku

“Ini satu langkah yang memberi tamparan kepada Amerika, sesuatu yang tidak wajar berlaku,” kara pemimpin Majoriti di Senat, Harry Reid.

Beberapa jam kemudian, anggota Republikan di dewan itu cuba melantik perwakilan bagi berunding dengan Senat untuk menggerakkan semula kerajaan.

Tetapi, jika mereka masih mahu mengubah apa-apa dalam pakej Obamacare, Senat tidak akan berunding, kata Reid.

Obama awalnya menuduh ahli Republikan menjadikan Amerika sebagai tebusan menerusi syarat politik keterlaluan.

“Satu puak dalam sebuah parti di satu bahagian Kongres tidak boleh hentikan operasi kerajaan begitu saja kerana mahu melawan keputusan pilihan raya,” katanya.

Tetapi, Speaker Dewan Perwakilan dari Parti Republikan, John Boehner membalas dengan berkata: “Saya tidak datang untuk menghentikan operasi kerajaan. Rakyat Amerika tidak mahukannya berlaku. Begitu juga saya.”

Perunding Ekonomi, Consultants Macroeconomic Advisors, berkata perkembangan itu akan memperlahankan lagi pertumbuhan ekonomi yang merekodkan 2.5 peratus pada suku kedua. - AFP

Sumber: http://www.bharian.com.my/bharian/articles/KerajaanAmerikaberhentioperasi/Article/

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US shutdown: a guide for non-Americans                                                        

The American government has begun shutting its non-essential services. Why? And what will it mean?

Please explain what just happened
The US government has begun shutting its non-essential services. Hundreds of thousands of workers are waking up to the news that they are on unpaid leave, and they don't know how long it will last. The shutdown, triggered at midnight Washington time, will bring a range of services to a standstill across the world's largest economy.

Why?
The Federal government had no choice. The US financial year ended on 30 September, and politicians on Capitol Hill have failed to agree a new budget for the 2013-2014 financial year. Even a 'stopgap' funding deal proved beyond them. Without a budget deal approved by both parts of Congress, the House of Representative and the Senate, there's no legal agreement to pay non-essential staff.

Weren't they supposed to fix this last night?
They tried. A series of proposals rattled between the two sides on Monday night until midnight struck without a deal.

Why couldn't they agree a deal?
Under the US constitution, the president cannot unilaterally bring in legislation. And despite weeks of talks, Republicans continue to include cuts and delays to Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act in the budget legislation they sent up to the Senate.
The House of Representatives is controlled by the Republican Party, whose Tea Party movement remain deeply opposed to Obamacare. They tried to use the budget as leverage to crowbar changes to the Act. The Senate, which is under the control of Obama's Democrats, has stood firm.

Will the shutdown mean the entire US government grinds to a halt?
No, it's not an anarchist's (or libertarian's?) dream. Essential services, such as social security and Medicare payments, will continue.
The US military service will keep operating, and Obama signed emergency legislation on Monday night to keep paying staff. But hundreds of thousands of workers at non-essential services, from Pentagon employees to rangers in national parks, will be told to take an unpaid holiday.
So what happens how?US politicians are meeting again in Washington on Tuesday. Before Monday's session broke up, the lower house proposed a 'bipartisan committee' to consider a way forward. The Senate is expected to reject this proposal, sticking to its position that Obamacare cannot be unravelled. Federal staff will remain unpaid until a budget is agreed. A 'stopgap' funding plan is an option, but Obama appeared wary of that option, arguing that would simply guarantee a repeated fight in a few weeks' time.

How much damage will it cause?
If people aren't getting paid, they won't spend as much in the shops. They may be unable to meet essential financial commitments, such as mortgages and credit card payments.
Analysts at IHS Global Insight have calculated that it will knock $300m a day off US economic output (total US nominal GDP, or output, was around $16 trillion last year).
The key issue is how long it lasts. Moody's Analytics reckons that a two-week shutdown would cut 0.3% off US GDP, while a month-long outage would knock a whole 1.4% off growth.

When did this last happen?
It's the first shutdown since 1995-1996, when Bill Clinton and the House of Representatives (and its speaker, Newt Gingrich) also failed to agree on a budget to fund federal services. That row ran for 28 days (over two stages).
But it was a more regular event in the 1980s, usually for a few days at a time. In total, the US government has partially shut down on 17 occasions before today.

Why doesn't it happen in other countries?
The shutdown situation is a product of the US democratic system. The president is both head of state and head of the federal government, without a guaranteed majority in either of the legislative bodies where new laws are debated and voted upon (because presidents, congressmen and women and senators are elected separately). The president can't simply ram laws through Capitol Hill.
In Britain, for example, tax and spending policies are outlined in the budget, presented to parliament by the chancellor of the exchequer. These changes are brought into law in a finance bill in the House of Commons. That's in effect a confidence vote in the government, and even the most fractious backbench MP would balk at rebelling on it.
Finance bills are also one area where the elected House of Commons has the upper hand over the unelected House of Lords. The Lords have no power to reject a money bill; they can only delay it for a month.

How does the US shutdown row tie in with the debt ceiling battle?
They are separate issues, but the shutdown is raising fears over the debt ceiling.
America has a legal limit on its borrowing of $16.7tn dollars, and it's likely to hit that point in mid-October.
If a deal isn't reached, then America would run out of borrowing room, meaning the world's biggest economy would default on its debts. Both problems need solving – and a shutdown is now eating into valuable time to fix the debt ceiling.

Why can't they just raise the debt ceiling?
Again, legislation is needed. Republicans are again trying to link the plan to Obamacare – arguing that the healthcare reforms are unaffordable.

How are the markets reacting?
So far, there's no panic. Investors are calculating that the shutdown will be short. But prepare for nervousness as that debt ceiling deadline gets closer.
The dollar, though, is being hit – dropping half a cent against major currencies.


*the guardian*