Government Shutdown Needs Solutions

The government has shut down, which hasn't happened since the Clinton Administration. They are, of course, in complete disagreement about pretty much everything so they are choosing not to work at all. Amazing how alike the two presidencies are- both determined to turn our democratic (not to be confused with Democrat) society into a socialist government where the government runs the people and everything they do. We are not socialist or communist. The government works FOR US. We hired them by virtue of the vote- all of them. It's bad enough that the average working American is seeing less and less of their pay because the government takes it in taxes every paycheck, but the very people who campaigned on not raising their own pay did just that, and raised it and you can bet they are being paid for this debacle of non-cooperation . You know, I don't recall that when I work for someone I get to tell them I AM getting paid more whether you like it or not. So now, our employees (senators and congressmen) are telling those who work for the government to go home and others to work without pay. Now if I were to tell my boss what I will and won't do and that they are going pay me more even if I am not doing the job they assigned me, they would tell me to hit the bricks or get to work. If our senators and congressman cannot get their collective butts back to work and resolve the issues we hired them to, then they too should go without pay (only seems fair since they are doing it to other workers) or they should get the hell out so we can get someone who is willing to do the job. Don't you think so?