Government Shutdown -- Winter 2024
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wrote on 20 Dec 2024, 13:54 last edited by
Republicans put out a bill that would cover the costs of running the government, pay $100,000,000,000 in disaster relief, and extend the farm bill. Not a single democrat voted for it because it lacked 1300 pages of pork…
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wrote on 20 Dec 2024, 14:05 last edited by
What was the reason given by the 38 no votes by republicans?
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wrote on 20 Dec 2024, 14:07 last edited by
One of Trump’s many failures is his inability to promote and endorse others. There are so many Dem House members in districts that he won…
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wrote on 20 Dec 2024, 15:29 last edited by
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wrote on 20 Dec 2024, 15:34 last edited by
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.
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wrote on 20 Dec 2024, 17:40 last edited by
Shutting down the government is like turning off a train at high speed. The "See? Nothing changed" argument doesn't hold water over time.
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wrote on 20 Dec 2024, 17:41 last edited by
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.
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Shutting down the government is like turning off a train at high speed. The "See? Nothing changed" argument doesn't hold water over time.
wrote on 20 Dec 2024, 17:46 last edited by@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…
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wrote on 20 Dec 2024, 17:53 last edited by
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...
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wrote on 20 Dec 2024, 17:53 last edited by
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.
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wrote on 20 Dec 2024, 18:03 last edited by 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.
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What was the reason given by the 38 no votes by republicans?
wrote on 20 Dec 2024, 18:09 last edited by@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’.
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@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’.
wrote on 20 Dec 2024, 18:12 last edited by@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.
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wrote on 20 Dec 2024, 18:19 last edited by
Interesting that ~20% of his house caucus will defy him despite the fact that they could face primaries in 14 months or so.
Makes me optimistic that there will be enough senate votes to kill Kennedy.
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Interesting that ~20% of his house caucus will defy him despite the fact that they could face primaries in 14 months or so.
Makes me optimistic that there will be enough senate votes to kill Kennedy.
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Makes me optimistic that there will be enough senate votes to kill Kennedy
Funny how it’s always a Kennedy that gets killed.
wrote on 20 Dec 2024, 22:10 last edited by@Renauda said in Government Shutdown -- Winter 2024:
Makes me optimistic that there will be enough senate votes to kill Kennedy
Funny how it’s always a Kennedy that gets killed.
Speaking of musical genius...
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wrote on 21 Dec 2024, 13:32 last edited by
So they take the debt ceiling issue out of the CR and it passes. Any word from DJT?