Politics17 Signs You Grew Up With A GovernmentThe good ole days.By by Benny JohnsonBuzzFeed StaffPosted on October 11, 2013, 12:28 pmTwitterFacebookLink 1. Your government worked like this: Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Instead of like this: Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 2. Your World War II veterans... ...were able to see the memorial built in their honor. The way it was meant to be seen. 3. Your panda cam worked. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF "..." 4. Your Congress was more popular than Nickelback. "5% actually." Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 5. These memes make no sense to you. 6. The people who made this happen... ...still got paychecks. 7. Politicians with extreme political differences... ...could still get along. 8. Children could appreciate the National Zoo. From somewhere instead of behind bars. 9. Your Congress did not treat budgets this way: Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 10. Your Congress did not treat the National Debt this way: Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 11. A functional Food and Drug Administration reduced the salmonella at the dinner table. 12. The Centers for Disease Control and National Institute of Health were still trying to cure people. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 13. There was no such thing as these kind of happy hours: 14. You could get this close to the Lincoln Memorial. Instead of this close. 15. Your Congress looked like this: Instead of like this: Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 16. The families of dead U.S. solders were treated with respect. 17. And the statues around your U.S. Capitol cried a little less.