Posted on 02/27/2024 10:30:57 AM PST by RandFan
No more CRs!!!
Return the House to regular order or shut the whole damned thing down.
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We have a federal government problem.
The only way to fix it is to starve it.
I am not for a ‘shutdown’ as it is. I am for the same sort of intervention that was done in Argentina. The House controls the purse, they make the choice. America needs the Government to back off the spending, get rid of the employees and balance the budget to survive.
No. Do it right and justify your spending line by line. The CR process is both lazy and corrupt.
“I think we shut down.”
And the American people somehow went on with their daily lives. And didn’t notice.
Or a big omnibus bill with everything rolled in (especially the pork).
Mathematically incorrect.
A CR for the military is LINEARLY worse for the Pentagon.
Golly gee, how about having the Senate pass some funding bills and then there can be conference committees with the House on their bills. And then you can pass a small continuing resolution on what’s left to resolve.
But no, it’s the whole kit ‘n’ kaboodle every three months.
bttt
But for Heaven's sake have a plan and resources in place to win the subsequent media war!!!!
They shut us down, its time we see them get shut down.
They must be forced to feel our pain, or the madness will never stop.
They won’t shut it down because the country would find out it didn’t make any difference
Aren’t these CR’s unconstitutional?
A Chad Pergram unroll? Seriously? The dude takes off his socks to count to 20.
Shutting down is going to make an already bad November outlook worse. I'm currently thinking D+25 and it could go a lot higher.
But, they cannot allow further engagement in the Ukraine disaster. Congress declares war, not the CIA and not the State Department. Neocon propagandists are already trying to gaslight their way to US and European ground troops on Russia's borders, the Rand Corporation is already talking about how to use nuclear weapons to defeat Russia while sustaining "acceptable" losses.
Ending this war is a huge national priority for America. If Congress is paralyzed and cannot pass a budget, then shut it down, and pay the price.
How about a budget based on reality?
Id like to see the government take the rest of 2024 off....let’s see how things stand in early 2025. I think people will be fine. Many won’t even notice.
SHUT IT DOWN!!!!!! They can leave it that way for all I care. Just do it before I have to show up for federal jury duty on Monday March 4. At nearly 70 I just don’t have time or patience for that kind of foolishness. It is spring and planting time. I have much better things to do and I don’t have many springs left in me. Certainly none left to spend in a stupid courthouse trying people who should have been shot already.
I propose a constitutional amendment:
The President must submit his proposed budget by no later than 6 months prior to the start of the next fiscal year.
Congress gets to alter the budget but may not increase the budget.
If no budget is approved by the start of the fiscal year. The prior year’s budget, reducing all categories of spend, shall be in effect until the next fiscal year. During such event, the salaries of Senators and Representatives shall be reduced to the minimum wage.
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