Government Shutdown -- Winter 2024

LuFins Dad

So let me throw it out there. Does DOGE want a shutdown? The last shutdown strengthened their argument about how little government actually accomplishes, and the US got along just fine during the shutdown… It also helps them see what programs and departments truly are critical and how much is actually just overkill and redundant.

89th

Shutting down the government is like turning off a train at high speed. The "See? Nothing changed" argument doesn't hold water over time.

89th

Aside from function, the indirect impact you would feel with dropping sales at your shop @LuFins-Dad and more people on @Copper 's golf course. No bueno.

LuFins Dad

@89th said in Government Shutdown -- Winter 2024:

Shutting down the government is like turning off a train at high speed. The "See? Nothing changed" argument doesn't hold water over time.

Very little did change the last time… 35 days…

89th

Oh I meant longer term than that. I think there's like 3 million people in NoVa, of which 600,000 are either federal employees or federal contractors. Let's say the top 50% of the 3 million can afford a piano, you're looking at 40% of the local market no longer having the means to purchase a piano. Again, long term...

89th

BTW I'm not saying that is a reason to keep the government open. Pretty much each job I have departed I could easily see 20-30% of the team cut without any impact to the team's output, for various reasons.

jon-nyc

We won’t notice …. Unless we do. Like if you’re the one who can’t get his passport renewed in time, or you’re the one who faces a 2 hour delay at airport security or a canceled flight because so many call in sick (like last time), tired of working without getting paid.

jon-nyc

@LuFins-Dad said in Government Shutdown -- Winter 2024:

What was the reason given by the 38 no votes by republicans?

Didn’t want to raise the debt limit without spending cuts.

Trump had been insisting on raising it before he gets into office so it isn’t ’on him’.

LuFins Dad

@jon-nyc said in Government Shutdown -- Winter 2024:

@LuFins-Dad said in Government Shutdown -- Winter 2024:

What was the reason given by the 38 no votes by republicans?

Didn’t want to raise the debt limit without spending cuts.

Trump had been insisting on raising it before he gets into office so it isn’t ’on him’.

Ok, respectable.