Re-Post for discussion

So I really can't wrap my head around the Government Shutdown, and I'll admit that it's probably because the vast majority of the people I associate with are Liberal, Democrat and/or apologetically Republican/Conservative ("The Ones Who Are Kind Of Ashamed Of The Republican Party Right Now And Want To Separate From The Tea Party").

So I found this posted on Facebook, kind of sums up the whole thing for me... anybody care to present the opposing viewpoint/facts?

No. This is not the fault of Obama, nor is it the fault of both the Republicans and the Democrats.

The Democrats proposed a bill. It was passed by both houses of Congress, and signed into law. The law was challenged on Constitutional grounds, and was upheld by the highest court in the land. The GOP then ran a candidate for President who promised to repeal the law. He lost by a significant margin. They have attempted nearly fifty repeals of the law. All of them failed. Now the Republicans are playing havoc with people's lives by shutting down the government until this bill that has passed through every single facet of our constitutional representative democracy's system of checks and balances is modified somehow? No. There is nothing to negotiate. They had several opportunities to repeal, overhaul, or otherwise get rid of the AHCA, and they failed at all of them. This isn't about two sides refusing to compromise. This is about one side refusing to accept the consequences of failure on their part.