Why other countries don’t have government shutdowns

BERLIN — Hundreds of thousands of workers are expected to stay home this week, after the Senate was unable to reach a deal Sunday night to end the government shutdown which began three days ago. This may not be the first time in recent history that funding for government operations and agencies was interrupted — since 1976, there have been 19 shutdowns […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2018/01/22/why-other-countries-dont-have-government-shutdowns-2/