This month was the start of furloughs for most federal employees. They will begin having unpaid days off every week until September as one of many Sequester cutbacks, all thanks to our Congress’ refusal to cooperate.

The Sequester is an across the board budget cut to bring down government spending. Instead of carefully planning what programs can be trimmed down and what should be maintained, everything from the military to education is losing funding.

As an American, I am upset that our Congress couldn’t stop arguing long enough to actually do their jobs. But as someone who appreciates comedy, I can’t help but laugh at the fact that our Congress couldn’t do their job even if their paycheck depends on it.

I don’t know if they don’t care or if they are so unwilling to compromise that they would rather just let everything suffer then actually listen to someone else’s idea, but either way that is pretty much the exact opposite of what a Congress should be.

To an extent, I get it. Different people have different values and that is going to cause conflict. Some people are going to want to maintain welfare; others are going to want to maintain education. But instead of trying to work out those differences and trying to see what has priority, they made sure no one was happy. That is why I feel no guilt when I say this: if our Congressmen were baseball referees, they would start the game by replacing all the equipment with foam noodles and oven mitts and end the game by declaring everyone the winner.

Congress needs to be able to make tough decisions and who is in office right now can’t do that. America needs to let Congress know that if they don’t get around to doing their job, they won’t be in office for long.