People in the US: share your views on the US government shutdown

We're interested to hear what people make of the Democrats' refusal to vote for the Republican spending bill, and what people think the party should demand to end the shutdown

The US federal government has shut down after Democrats refused to vote for a Republican plan to keep the government open through mid-November, instead laying out a series of demands centered around healthcare that amounted to the undoing some of what the GOP has accomplished over the past year.

Do you agree with Democrats' refusal to vote for the Republican spending bill, even though it risked a shutdown? Why or why not?