Establishing a budget is one of their primary responsibilities. I think if they allow the gov to shut down they should FORFEIT their salary for each day that the shutdown continues. And not just hold their salary until it ends, I mean lose it forever! If they won't perform their most basic responsibility then they should not get paid!
The good news is ALL IRS audits and examinations will be put on hold. Unfortunately, the bastards are funded by the IRA which isn't dependent on 2024 appropriations.
Here's how entitled the fuckwads in Congress are. The members of the House and Senate are entitled to continue collecting their salaries regardless of what happens.
Realizing that most of you haven't a clue, there are lots of tricks that the Feds can use during a shutdown that continues guvvie functions, this shutdown garbage is mostly political theater for the rubes.
Correction! Non-essential Government services shut down in 9 hours. Not sure that is such a bad thing. The fact they call them non-essential says it all.
Gaetz and the far-dight are going to be. Lamed and skewered for this fiasco, because a deal was in place earlier in. But the dumbasses had to be self destructive and renege on the deal that was set, just to score points with their base.
And now the nation will pay for not neutering MAGA idiots.
Not too late, for neutering of MAGA-diots. Just make sure that no pain medication is applied.
Got a 45 day reprieve while the pedo Gaetz tries an IED on McCarthy
Should be interesting, that bastard worked with the Dems to keep the big green machine running
"If the federal government shuts down, who's going to spy on us, audit us and start stupid wars? Who'll interfere with local education, leave the border unsecured, use the DOJ/FBI etc. to go after opponents and take kickbacks from Big Pharma and Tech to force their will on us?
As taxpayers, we should wish that the government fully shuts down, then we hire back any of the parts we miss. Of course, the military stays, but the rest of the Federal government is basically worthless.
Why give them money? Recent Gallup Poll found that only 16% of Americans trust government to do the right thing, down from 60% before the Bush/Cheney and then Obama's wars of choice in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yes, the Biden wars now too, but rest assured, this pending hot war with Russia he's getting us into will be the most diverse, inclusive, equitable and green war.........ever."
McCarthy basically lied to GOP members to get them to vote for a bill they thought had zero money for Ukraine but another $6B was added behind closed doors.
We as a country are never going to manage the debt the way we keep at it with these CR's and Omnibus Bill's.
Cogress needs to start voting on individual spending Bill's so we can defund sections of govt through time.
Right now it's just a vote for the whole budget cooked up behind closed doors.
The OpEd was partially comedic satire (written by a comedian actually)
But with an edge.
I get that guvmint is made up of humans
And we all make mistakes
But, why is it so hardwired into our guvmint to make them ALL again and again and again.
Giant shit show from both parties
"Eight Republican members of Congress are playing a leading role in propelling the United States toward a possible government shutdown. This group - the 'Chaos Caucus' - was effectively elected to the U.S. House through partisan primaries that were decided by an average of 12% of eligible voters in their districts, totaling just 543,998 ballots. Collectively, these eight districts represent less than 2% of the voting population in the U.S., which starkly demonstrates the caucus' outsized influence."
The eight members: Andy Biggs/Lauren Boebert/Matt Gaetz/Majorie Taylor Green/Eli Crane/Matt Rosendale/Dan Bishop/Rob Good
Rawdawgger........
Do we really need you to ingest, then vomit up your favorite slanted news stories?
We can and do already get this shit in our feeds.
In other words, your mental illness is not making a positive contribution here.
Go read a book, take some time off to heal yourself
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The mental illness is all coming from MAGA caucus, and I am simply pointing to the facts. And your deviation from them or total apathy that you have will worsen the situations. The first of all, the voters who elected these clowns did so by not participating elections, and as a result, we have to pay for it, and it is a total waste of our tax money.
"The first of all, the voters who elected these clowns did so by not participating elections"
I guess it's magic then, they elected them but didn't participate in the election.
Do you even bother reading the garbage you post or is it ALL copy/paste.
5150 yourself and we'll see you in 72 hours............again
"This group - the 'Chaos Caucus' - was effectively elected to the U.S. House through partisan primaries that were decided by an average of 12% of eligible voters in their districts, totaling just 543,998 ballots. "
What does that even mean?...
Serious Libtard Calculus going on here.
The only race that was 'close' was Lauren Boebert's race which was like 5 ballots. All the other races were a few 'clear victories' but most were 'landslide victories' around 66% vs 33%..
"Not sure why people only do blog comments on a site like this.
Go find a political forum for your thoughts and beliefs.
And if you are using another handle to see the ladies, then you are a total fraud and sham."
How do you know they don't make comments in other political forums?
If they're passionate, my guess is they do.
As for the other part, I happily admit to being both a fraud and a sham.
Also a bamboozler, hustler, cheat and flatulator.
