who cares about non-essentials
not our fault you're not essential!
sarcasm for the slow ones
US Federal Government Shutdown | Shutdown Shutdown, Debt Ceiling Raised
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who cares about non-essentials
not our fault you're not essential!
It's much easier to reach your bootstraps when you're sitting down.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Yeah, because all the other times congress couldn't get shit we were obviously unaffected.
I ran into this girl I dated briefly at East End, and we wound up catching up and she told me she works at the place that Devo went to as a topless waitress/occasional dancer/do stuff with ladies on stage person. ...she has nice boobs, I can see why she has that job. -.-
Been here since 2006, outside of a year stint in San Francisco. Still haven't had that steak. This needs to be fixed. I must try that steak.
Amen.
Seriously though. Now that this is over, I'm kinda wondering what the next step is. Depending on the next couple days, it's looking like Dems are going to not cave in the first time in uh, a long long time. That's a huge first step.
Yes, yes it does. Now if we don't do that we not only screw ourselves, but the rest of the world economy in the process.
Devolution
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Yes, unfortunately. However, since this fight is happening now instead of later, it demonstrates that the Dems are willing to put up a fight, and it puts the Republicans in a disadvantageous position for the future debt ceiling fight.
Regardless, we need to stop having these petty fights. It's a waste of time, taxpayer money, and it's really hurting our citizens.
empty vessel
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Not until the 13th Amendment is repealed, per Ted Cruz.
Whelp, hopefully the new Australian government can insulate us from that like the previous one did....if the US government does end up failing to raise the roof.
Talladega Knight
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a lot of federal employees deemed "essential" still have to report to work in the morning. they are not allowed to take annual or sick leave during the shutdown. of course all days they report to work during the shutdown will be back paid.
i was curious though, how does this affect women on maternity leave? will their time off be back paid as well?
i was curious though, how does this affect women on maternity leave? will their time off be back paid as well?
Fenderputty
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This is a precursor to the debt ceiling negotiations. Let's see how long the crazy sticks with it.
Devolution
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You forgot to mention soda and doritos. A-.
The best case scenario is that a few days or a week or so of shutdown gets blamed on house republicans, particularly the tea party bunch, and they actually get shamed/see the light as a result. Then they won't pull this crap again with the debt ceiling vote. But at this point it's quite obvious that the tea party republicans in the house are at greater risk with their own districts when they compromise than when they try to blackmail the entire country.
I believe the obama administration did away with that little accounting trick.
Or maybe it was for social security bonds. I don't know.
theprodigy
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FantasticMrFoxdie
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Looks like Twitter isn't essential.
lol
Devolution
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or a fridge
Hahaha yes.
Looking forward to my country's economy going back down the shitter because of some politicians on another continent.
Do you know what happens in most countries when the government fails to pass a budget? An election is called. If the government can't do the one basic thing it is meant to do, you replace it.
Do you know what happens in most countries when the government fails to pass a budget? An election is called. If the government can't do the one basic thing it is meant to do, you replace it.
Thatonemoor
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Ehh more like Fallout down here in Georgia right now.... Though it was like that before hand.
smokeandmirrors
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They best get their shit together by Sunday so I can go hiking.
Who's gonna stop ya?
No seriously who is getting paid to stop people from going to national parks, that part confuses me. They are closed, but how do they enforce it?
SnakeSlashRO
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That title is uncalled for. I think it should be changed.
Manhattan is now a prison and I have a leather jacket, an eye patch and micro-explosives have been injected into my neck.
Can local government help out their local parks to keep them afloat while this goes on? I can't imagine they can keep entire parks sealed off, nor do they want people loitering around the parks unsupervised.
ViperVisor
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You have much in common with Christian Ponder. Neither of you are good Vikings.
Don't forget you also have a cold.
GillianSeed79
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At least give me some fucking cake. These motherfuckers make $180K/year and don't even work the whole fucking year. Congrats fuckers, you just got extra vacation days. Give me cake. I'll eat it. Not that dry-ass supermarket bullshit, but real cake. If you are feeling cheap give me some fucking pies. I hear pumpkin is in season these days.
How about at least fucking peanut butter because that's literally the only thing I had to eat when mother nature did an actual shutdown a few years ago and dropped eight feet of snow where I live. I'm a 34-year-old man eating ramen noodles because health insurance costs are so fucking god damn insane and it's either eat well or pay my hospital bills and rent. Just try to at least fucking pretend that you exist in the real world for once and have to make a choice between eating actual sustenance or paying bills. Chef Boyardee or rent? Call me when you have to make that choice when you are flying back to your gerrymandered district on your tax-payer funded private jet. Wait, I forgot. I'm not in the magical middle class, so my voice doesn't mean shit even though I vote in every election and primary.
We are ruled by a bunch of fucking oligarchs. The tyranny of the one has been replaced by the tyranny of the select few.
How about at least fucking peanut butter because that's literally the only thing I had to eat when mother nature did an actual shutdown a few years ago and dropped eight feet of snow where I live. I'm a 34-year-old man eating ramen noodles because health insurance costs are so fucking god damn insane and it's either eat well or pay my hospital bills and rent. Just try to at least fucking pretend that you exist in the real world for once and have to make a choice between eating actual sustenance or paying bills. Chef Boyardee or rent? Call me when you have to make that choice when you are flying back to your gerrymandered district on your tax-payer funded private jet. Wait, I forgot. I'm not in the magical middle class, so my voice doesn't mean shit even though I vote in every election and primary.
We are ruled by a bunch of fucking oligarchs. The tyranny of the one has been replaced by the tyranny of the select few.
Black Mamba
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This pic won't be so happy if there's a default, though. lolz!
hipbabboom
Huh? What did I say? Did I screw up again? :(
You have to understand the level of hate we're talking control here. This is the extent that some will claw at power to keep it. I hope people remember this come next election. I'm sure many involved think the same but things will not go the way they think it will.
got damn
Even if they do it might not matter, the House has been gerrymandered to hell and back in favor of the GOP. It'd take a miracle for Dems to regain the House.
More or less. You should note that the law allows people to get healthcare that normally wouldn't have access to it.
More or less, yeah.
just put them on boats and ensure i get my imported goods cheaply!
FantasticMrFoxdie
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You should be fine. I don't imagine they'll turn you away. Essential services are unaffected.
ViperVisor
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They are trying to seize the crown of worst ever from the 2006 group of fuckwits.
It was actually worse than the shit stained surface.
Jzero
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Aww fuck.
And term limits would prevent this kind of stuff from happening. They wouldnt be in office as long so these little cliques couldn't happen. Instead, we have to wait until they get voted out of office, but considering how uneducated your average voter is, they will just continue to vote for the same people year after year
You realize that the group of Congressmen doing this are the new guys right? It's not the old guys who have been there for ages, this is all the new guys. The guys that got in recently. Term limits wouldn't have done shit here, except maybe have allowed more of the crazies that ran to get in.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Anything like that is considered an essential service and unaffected by this.
Tea party came in as freshmen. Term limits on legislative branches of government concede power to the executive branch and make people in the political class solicit jobs from businesses they will write legislation for while in term limited seats. Also makes oversight over executive departments disappear because legislators forget that's part of their job. Money becomes a larger factor in legislative term limited chambers, just look at Michigan, for instance. It also makes people in the local elections become more interested ini running and limits the ability for those not in the political class to run for those positions.
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