Posted on 10/02/2013 2:16:02 PM PDT by Vendome
Feel free to go directly to the article and learn what is open and what is closed but, this whole "Man Made Disaster" is much ado about nothing.
During a shutdown, you can:
Get help from 911: All emergency services will continue as usual, including law enforcement and emergency and disaster assistance.
Get caught by a red light camera in D.C.: Red light cameras will still be running, and tickets will still be sent out, which brings us to the next item on the list...
Get mail: Employees of the United States Postal Service are exempt from furloughs.
Get your Social Security benefits: Payments will still be issued, although some could be delayed due to a reduction in workforce.
Receive disability benefits: See above.
Receive WIC benefits in most areas: Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is dependent on federal funds for adminstrative tasks, but some states have enough of their funding to pay benefits, including Maryland, D.C. and Virginia. (View contact info for all states' agencies here.)
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcwashington.com ...
These Jack Wagons have resorted to just so much silliness and closing things that don't really have a secure ingress such as the National Mall, Grand Canyon, National Forest/Parks.
What bizarre priorities.
Yeah, let's introduce contrived chaos.
Just because US Post Office employees aren’t furloughed, who says they’re going to deliver the mail? /s
Hey, do the Obamafoams still work?
Feel free to go directly to the article and learn what is open and what is closed but, this whole "Man Made Disaster" is much ado about nothing.
During a shutdown, you can:
Get help from 911: All emergency services will continue as usual, including law enforcement and emergency and disaster assistance.
Get caught by a red light camera in D.C.: Red light cameras will still be running, and tickets will still be sent out, which brings us to the next item on the list...
Get mail: Employees of the United States Postal Service are exempt from furloughs.
Get your Social Security benefits: Payments will still be issued, although some could be delayed due to a reduction in workforce.
Receive disability benefits: See above.
Receive SNAP benefits: The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will continue to operate.
Receive WIC benefits in most areas: Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is dependent on federal funds for adminstrative tasks, but some states have enough of their funding to pay benefits, including Maryland, D.C. and Virginia. (View contact info for all states' agencies here.)
Get a parking ticket in D.C. (or anywhere else): Parking enforcement will continue through the shutdown. Feed your meters and park legally!
Get a passport, probably: The Bureau of Consular Affairs is funded by fees rather than appropriated funds, so it will continue to operate, a spokesperson tells NBC Washington. Home State Department passport offices, however, are located in federal buildings that may have shut down, so you should check to see if your preferred passport office is open before visiting.
In fact The State Department reads as follows:
Oh gee. I had friends whining just last night how so many people are going to be impacted by this phony issue.
Sign up for healthcare exchanges: Despite the GOP's attempts to defund or delay the Affordable Care Act, the plan is already funded, and online healthcare exchanges opened Tuesday for uninsured Americans. (Read more.)
Get your trash picked up, even if you live in D.C.: Even if Mayor Vincent Gray's attempt to declare all city workers essential is rejected, the district has about two weeks' worth of money on hand already authorized by Congress, which might be enough to wait out a fairly brief shutdown.
Be protected by the U.S. military and law enforcement agencies: Personnel considered essential to public health and safety are exempt from furloughs.
Be paid and receive benefits if you're in the U.S. military: Congress has approved the Pay Our Military Act, a measure to continue to pay troops on time, and President Barack Obama signed it into law late Monday.
Receive healthcare benefits if you're a furloughed federal worker: Furloughed federal workers can continue to use their health benefits during the shutdown, even if their premium payments are normally deducted from their paychecks. They will have to make up the premium payments after the shutdown ends. See more here (PDF) and scroll to section H.
Visit a Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital: VA hospitals will remain open. Veterans will also be able to get mental health counseling and get prescriptions filled at VA health clinics.
Get veterans' disability payments and pension benefits: Claims workers will continue to process these, but the Board of Veterans Appeals is closed during the shutdown, so veterans looking to appeal a denial will have to wait until the shutdown ends.
Ride Amtrak: While Amtrak receives federal subsidies, it's organized as a corporation and collects enough revenue in ticket fees to outlast a brief shutdown.
Take Metrorail and Metrobus: Metro assured riders Monday that the system will stay open in the event of a shutdown, although it could shorten some trains (for example, from eight cars to six) if ridership is down because fewer people are going to work.
Travel by air: Federal air traffic controllers and most TSA agents will continue showing up to work, although you may find some longer lines at security checkpoints.
Apply for a new patent: The U.S Patent Office is funded for the next four weeks, which should be enough to outlast any government shutdown.
Safely eat meat: Meat inspectors with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will continue to report to work because they're essential for public safety.
Learn about the unemployment rate: The September jobs report will be released Friday.
Get an unemployment check: Checks will still be sent out, although some payments may be delayed due to a reduction in workforce.
Pay taxes: Workers will continue to have taxes deducted from their paychecks, and all tax payments will continue to be processed. Note that millions of taxpayers have requested 6-month extensions on their 2012 tax filings, and that the deadline for that is Oct. 15. That deadline is not expected to change.
Go to the DMV: You can still visit the Department of Motor Vehicles in your location because they are run by the state (or in D.C.'s case, the city).
Get weather warnings and watches: All National Weather Service offices are open and will continue to provide forecasts and severe weather alerts.
Visit non-government-run museums: The National Building Musem, the Crime Museum, the Phillips Collection and other fee-based museums remain open for business.
Go to state and county parks: Since they're funded by state and local budgets, they will remain open.
File a copyright online: The U.S. Copyright Office is closed, but the Electronic Copyright Office is still open for users to register their work.
Have an Immigration Application or Petition Processed: The offices of U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services are open during the shutdown. There may be some delays, however, and the Department of Labor will stop processing permanent labor certifications. See the full breakdown here.
Go to school: Sorry kids, schools are open.
Teachers should ask their students to explain how the government shutdown personally affected them. No doubt the vast majority of the answers will be something like “uh, I dunno”.
Well, what do you know about that!
That’s it? Can we keep it shut down for a year and see how things work out?
Boo freakin wooo...
WIC - yeah, ever see what they buy for those ‘children’, especially if they have a ‘friend’ working the cash register. Or if they need crack money you can trade for cash.
And please don’t insult them by giving them anything other than a credit card with the good ole USA printed on the front. It should say “THANK YOU AMERICA” for feeding my family but it doesn’t. That would be insulting.
The Median Wealth for Single Black Women is $5
“It’s rather shocking,” said Meizhu Lui, director of the Closing the Gap Initiative based in Oakland, Calif., who contributed to the report “Lifting as We Climb: Women of Color, Wealth and America’s Future.”
In other words, single black women’s entire existence is courtesy of federal and state tax dollars. Handouts. Entitlements, Welfare. Subsidized housing. EBT cards.
The Chinese are commenting on the economics of blacks?
In a town where blacks are the majority??
That’s rich.
That and their DeepChit mayor Quan...
Shaniqua may not be able to receive her stamps this month. She is that 20 year old you see at the bus stop holding a baby in one arm and her groceries in the other arm. You may have seen her in a laundry mat with four or five kids or perhaps you’ve seen her at church. She always needs a ride but there aren’t many volunteers for a family of six.
In order for Shaniqua to keep her Government Assistance they are trying to pass a new ordinance which will require her to take a Drug Test each month before she can receive her monthly compensation. Many Liberals find the idea unnecessary while the far Right considers the idea brilliant.
If Shaniqua’s Welfare Check doesn’t come in this month she will just be on the street. And if you thought she was on Drugs then, wait ’til you see the person she becomes when she has to feed her babies with nothing. Stephen King has yet to invent a monster this dangerous.
further,single black men who steal their Ho’s money existence is also dependent on government and thus people who work.
Black America has become an unbearable burden of society
The one about Social Security is a lie. The vast majority, if not almost all, are direct deposit. Takes one button.
No. there may actually be some delays but, not much.
A human being still needs to the back office work in order to process a payment but yes, it is direct deposit.
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