Posted on 01/17/2018 9:38:02 PM PST by lowbuck
What a tragedy it would be if Democrats made good on their threat and decided DACA was so important that they must shut down the federal government over it. Please don’t! Why, I’d be heartbroken if the government did less and a bunch of foreigners didn’t get rewarded for ignoring our laws. I think this is just the right hill for the Democrats to choose to fight to the death on, and I encourage them to do so. Throw us right in that briar patch, because you are smart and savvy and there’s no way a big dummy like Trump could beat you and make you look like fools. . . snip
Please do it.
Here’s the thing – most of Trump supporters aren’t takers – they’re makers. They’re the people the government flunkies come to with their palms up whenever some bureaucrat wants to spend a zillion bucks studying LGBT issues among Antarctic penguins or funding the NPR’s X-rated reenactments of the Nativity. How sad are Trump’s supporters going to be if the deal is, “We don’t hand over citizenship to a bunch of people who shouldn’t be here and everyone they’re related to down to their 29th cousin three times removed, and in return, we make the government stop spending money.”
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What would really be sweet is for the President to announce he would authorize backpay for those who were required to work during any shutdown. The others could go and talk to their representatives!
Please don’t throw us in to that briar patch, Br’er Dems!
Please don’t throw me in that briar patch!
Shut! It! Down!
I can’t wait, it’ll be just like the NFL. They’ll go proudly, sanctimoniously into that great battle and find that they are fighting by themselves.
The Author has an interesting name.
No vowels.
Maybe from some south seas island?
Wait here
I’ll get my jumper cables.
OHHH NOOOOOOO!
Not the briar Patch!
Yes, he’s from the Samoan Schlichters.
Just make sure the military and civil service get paid; especially the military.
The best thing ever.....would be for Trump to withhold pay from Democrat congresspeople.... and channel it to the military.
The others could go and talk to their representatives! <<<
Yup..and what ever those representatives kicked in...they could split between themselves.....’cause Uncle Sammy ain’t paying ya to not work no more....
Oh, my bad . . . Kurt Schlichter
I need another cuppa
NO!
"Civil" Service is a major component of the rot.
A restructured "civil" service? Maybe.
I agree. Shut it down. After all the dems want deficit reduction. Ha ha. Leaves more money for a wall.
It might backfire on the Dems...
https://www.onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2018/01/17/immigration-watchdogs-watching-congress-courts
"Civil" Service is a major component of the rot. A restructured "civil" service? Maybe.
Maybe you don't understand what some of the civil servant workers do. They are the support for the military so the troops can do their job. Some work in VA clinics and hospitals. Many work in procurement keeping the flow of supplies and food flowing smoothly.
I suspect you are thinking of a lot of the dead weight the last Admin hired and the bloat in general. In that case I would agree; they do need to be thinned out or simply laid off. From what I understand; this Admin is thinning the herd but it's no easy task with a lot of push back. It needs to happen though so the budget can be balanced and there isn't all the extra pension plans to fund for 10-30 years after people retire that comes out of taxpayer money. I get that.
Montgomery County just north of DC is claiming they loose $50 million a day.....haha
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