Posted on 09/21/2023 10:10:04 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA
Edited on 09/26/2023 11:26:09 AM PDT by Chris Robinson. [history]
Maybe but theres so much footage of Schumer and Pelosi and other top dems threatening shutdowns of govt on Bush and Trumps watch and when they were minority parties, it won’t fly.
That’s how I see it. But...it won’t happen. Not at all. If I am wrong, I will freely say so.
“Shouldn’t agree to sit down with them unless the border is sealed shut.”
Been saying that for the last few days. Of McCarthy had a pair he’d announce that not one single funding bill will move forward until the border is sealed shut.
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Identify the needful departments of government.
Fund them, for the next six months.
We don’t live in a democracy…we live in a Banana Republic!
There are none.
They will throw the whole country under the bus in exchange for war...
“What if they shut down the government and nobody noticed?”
That is what they fear, and why they can’t let folks find this out.
A shutdown only affects the parasites living off the taxpayers.
Federal employees don’t even commute to offices anymore. They sit at home doing nothing or are off somewhere having a good time at taxpayer expense.
Great idea...
Because GOP government shut downs are always so effective at helping us win elections.
While we are on this winning streak, let's force a national abortion ban through Congress, too.
Invincible!
“... could disrupt the lives of Americans and affect national operations....”
Won’t do either. Shut. It. Down.
EVERY SINGLE FEDERAL WORKER WILL STAY HOME & GET ALL THE BACK PAY WHEN THE SHUTDOWN IS OVER-—
HAS HAPPENED EVERY SINGLE TIME PRIOR.
And being nice to the Democrats is so effective at helping us win elections?
People want free stuff. A decisive majority of people want free stuff. But there is no such thing as free stuff. Somebody (else) always pays.
That is why Democrats get elected. They tell people the sweet little lies that they want to hear. That is why Republicans cannot get elected. They don't lie well enough, and they lie about the wrong things.
Somebody else's money always runs out eventually. This can only end in a collapse. That is always the fate of Democracies. It is also the fate of every other government system tried thus far.
Perhaps we can get it right the next time.
In the meantime, I support a real shutdown. Send government workers home without a paycheck and without back pay later. Put some hurt on them. They all vote Democrat anyway so what do we have to lose? I am also in favor of saying goodbye to all of Congress. They have stolen quite enough of our money.
Go President Trump GO!
They already have had massive losses. Nobody in the west reports it.
End it. The ship is sinking and beyond salvage. Scuttle it.
Shut it down, leave it down.
Anyone here screwed without SSA check?
It’s funny you mention the postal service. If they defunded the postal service it would impact the government employees retirement plan. In short, because of the way they force the post office to account for their pensions it keeps the rest of the system funded. You cut postal costs, you reduce contributions to the Postal Pensions. You cut their pension contributions, the entire pension structure for all non military retirees goes bust real fast.
The entire federal budget is a mess and it is so Byzantine that a cut here or there would start a cascade over on the other side.
And it only gets worse as the boomers retire.
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