[ChicagoConservative27]

Dear colleague, letter? Do I even want to know?

[CodeToad]

If they cannot originate a spending bill in the House then shut down the government!

[FredSchwartz]

why aren’t they creating a budget?

[FredSchwartz]

why aren’t they creating a budget?

[Sacajaweau]

Biden proposed 1.73 trillion

[cp124]

Does it close the border?.....I didn’t think so.

[EliRoom8]

Are people going against their values this because of blackmail? I don’t have a clue; however one GOP rep. came out and said so.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Hell, the only people who care about a government shutdown are a DemocRats and their lapdog media and the spineless GOP.

[freepersup]

How much to continue burning down the country?

How much to continue funding the FED GOV SCUM TRAITORS?

How much to continue funding the SUICIDE of our country?

How much to continue funding the next election steal?

How much to continue funding child mutilation?

How much to continue funding child trafficking?

How much to continue funding OPEN borders?

How much to continue funding the open import of fentanyl?

How much to continue the prosecution of President Trump?

How much to continue the prosecution of Jan. 6 protestors?

How much to continue the overrunning of our borders by illegal alien invaders?

[woodpusher]

“The topline constitutes $1.590 trillion for FY24 – the statutory levels of the Fiscal Responsibility Act. That includes $886 billion for defense and $704 billion for nondefense,” Johnson said in the letter.

That figure is a joke. That is about one-fourth of total spending.

https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/federal-spending/

If the government spends more than it collects in revenue, then there is a budget deficit. If the government spends less than it collects in revenue, there is a budget surplus. In fiscal year (FY) 2023, the government spent $6.13 trillion, which was more than it collected (revenue), resulting in a deficit.

https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/federal-spending/#the-difference-between-mandatory-discretionary-and-supplemental-spending

Spending by year:

2015 - $4.76 T
2016 - $4.90 T
2017 - $4.95 T
2018 - $5.00 T
2019 - $5.32 T
2020 - $7.73 T
2021 - $7.63 T
2022 - $6.49 T
2023 - $6.13 T

[fella]

When you compromise with the Devil, the Devil has won . . .

and you have lost. See the old film “The Devil & Daniel Webster” for a morality play about this.

[mewzilla]

BTTT.