It does with my parents. They blame Trump but they blame Pelosi as forcing him to do it (and therefore blame Pelosi as being the unreasonable one). I ranted about McConnell shutting down every discussion and ever bill for way too long at them.malchior wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:55 am One more post. It looks like McConnell's strategy works again. Probably because Americans are blithering idiots who don't understand how Congress works. The 30% are obviously deplorables but 20% think it is 'the system'. Looks like we're doomed to a long shutdown.
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Awesome sentiment! Come for the apocalyptic threats and militarization, stay for the source of the quote...
The Trump portrait of an unsustainable Border Crisis is dead on. “In the last two years, ICE officers made 266,000 arrests of aliens with Criminal Records, including those charged or convicted of 100,000 assaults, 30,000 sex crimes & 4000 violent killings.” America’s Southern.... ....Border is eventually going to be militarized and defended or the United States, as we have known it, is going to cease to exist...And Americans will not go gentle into that good night. Patrick Buchanan. The great people of our Country demand proper Border Security NOW!
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They need to fire their headline writer then.
I'm no fan of lobbyists and government socializing in the first place, but I fall to see how this is meaningful outside of that distasteful relationship. This is business as usual, shutdown or no. I realize the shutdown is significant hardship for many, but everyone else's lives don't come to a stop just because.
Does anyone believe the Dems aren't making good faith efforts to end the shutdown?
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So how does this end? At some point, there is going to have to be some negotiation.
I've seen articles suggesting DACA-for-the-wall (well, $5 billion worth anyway). I hate the wall and think DACA isn't enough. What else could they ask for that they could reasonably get? Rolling back tax breaks or fixing Obamacare don't seem reasonable due to all the other legislation that would be required.
I've seen articles suggesting DACA-for-the-wall (well, $5 billion worth anyway). I hate the wall and think DACA isn't enough. What else could they ask for that they could reasonably get? Rolling back tax breaks or fixing Obamacare don't seem reasonable due to all the other legislation that would be required.
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I wouldn't be so sure. Normally this would be reasonable thinking but you have three actors seemingly immune to criticism running the show here. Trump has his unbreakable base and doesn't give a fuck. McConnell is all rolled up in his turtle shell. He is hiding in the dark by avoiding putting pressure on his Senators. He is doing that by blocking all action and the American people are fairly unaware of that. He knows he isn't in any particular danger so nothing will likely move him personally off that mark. And lastly, Pelosi has the strongest case to do jack shit for him based on the last election. On top she honestly can't compromise as a matter of principle and is generally a long-term person anyway. Add that up and you have no way out via the normal mechanisms.
So we'll likely need painful failures to move people off the sidelines. Will that happen in the next 2-4 weeks? Likely. Eventually the pay situation will come to a head and 'essential' functions will start to grind to a halt. Best bet is still the airports.
To mitigate this, Mulvaney is pulling out every stop to avoid impact to 'everyday' people. Bringing in people to process tax returns, they are offering a bonus to some TSA agents folks, some additional folks at IRS to help the financial industry move mortgages along, and several other measures to contain damage from the shutdown. However, this introduces systemic risk. What if there is a major safety failure in transportation or food supply? They are trading risk for political gain. And it could blow up easily in their faces. We'll have to see.
I will maintain until it happens that there is no trade for the wall. It'd have to be something massive to get wall. And the outlines of anything we've heard don't even come close.I've seen articles suggesting DACA-for-the-wall (well, $5 billion worth anyway). I hate the wall and think DACA isn't enough. What else could they ask for that they could reasonably get? Rolling back tax breaks or fixing Obamacare don't seem reasonable due to all the other legislation that would be required.
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We don't negotiate with terrorists - and that's exactly what Trump and McConnell are doing by holding federal workers hostage. Trump is an a-hole for embracing a shutdown and Mitch McConnell is a a-hole for enabling Trump to do it. F them. This could end with Mitch sending over the funding bill for Trump to veto and then Congress overriding it. But that would put country above party and the GOP can't have that - especially when they can somehow continue to blame Democrats for what's happening right now.
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There aren't votes for a veto. At least not yet. I posit McConnell would do that to thumb his nose at Trump if he did. McConnell's strategy as usual is cagey and borderline perfect...for himself and the GOP caucus.Smoove_B wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 1:49 pm We don't negotiate with terrorists - and that's exactly what Trump and McConnell are doing by holding federal workers hostage. F them. This could end with Mitch sending over the funding bill for Trump to veto and then Congress overriding it. But that would put country above party and the GOP can't have that - especially when they can somehow continue to blame Democrats for what's happening right now.
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I think the Dems just continue to double-dog-dare him to declare his state of emergency, since that's the politically stupidest thing he could do.
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I'm scheduled to fly out for my annual heavy metal cruise on Jan 30. I have a terrible feeling that this shutdown is going to fuck that entire thing up. I've already started exploring options for driving from Salt Lake to Ft. Lauderdale (38 hours, btw) to get there.
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I'm supposed to head to India the 2nd of Feb. I am on the opposite side - an excuse would be wonderful. Joking aside it is the weakest link. TSA agents aren't well compensated. They don't have reserves to survive this on their own. At some point it will break down.Skinypupy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 2:28 pmI'm scheduled to fly out for my annual heavy metal cruise on Jan 30. I have a terrible feeling that this shutdown is going to fuck that entire thing up. I've already started exploring options for driving from Salt Lake to Ft. Lauderdale (38 hours, btw) to get there.
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The thing is, the cost of completing Trump's monument to stupidity is projected to be close to $50B, not $5B. Likely $5B gets the thing designed, and maybe a fence post or two planted. So as soon as he burns through that $5B, it'll be another $5B and another until he's out of office one way or the other and all of that money becomes wasted because the dems are never going to finish it. Funding $5B for "border security" OTOH is something they could absolutely do since it would ostensibly be spent much more intelligently on something much more effective than an archaic wall.stessier wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 1:34 pm So how does this end? At some point, there is going to have to be some negotiation.
I've seen articles suggesting DACA-for-the-wall (well, $5 billion worth anyway). I hate the wall and think DACA isn't enough. What else could they ask for that they could reasonably get? Rolling back tax breaks or fixing Obamacare don't seem reasonable due to all the other legislation that would be required.
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I had heard $70-$80 billion. And I doubt that includes ongoing maintenance (staffing? WTF is that going to cost on an annual basis?, Repairs?, Annual Maintenance and Checks, etc?). Does it even include the Eminent Domain purchases of the land? Anyone know of a good source for what the *actual* costs are going to look like? Both Capital expenses and Ongoing estimates?Jeff V wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 3:21 pmThe thing is, the cost of completing Trump's monument to stupidity is projected to be close to $50B, not $5B. Likely $5B gets the thing designed, and maybe a fence post or two planted. So as soon as he burns through that $5B, it'll be another $5B and another until he's out of office one way or the other and all of that money becomes wasted because the dems are never going to finish it. Funding $5B for "border security" OTOH is something they could absolutely do since it would ostensibly be spent much more intelligently on something much more effective than an archaic wall.stessier wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 1:34 pm So how does this end? At some point, there is going to have to be some negotiation.
I've seen articles suggesting DACA-for-the-wall (well, $5 billion worth anyway). I hate the wall and think DACA isn't enough. What else could they ask for that they could reasonably get? Rolling back tax breaks or fixing Obamacare don't seem reasonable due to all the other legislation that would be required.
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We have past record as an indicator of future performance. This is for half the length, a lesser project where problems of emmint domain lawsuits are still on going a decade later.
it spent approximately $2.3 billion to deploy border fencing along the southwest border, and CBP will need to spend a substantial amount to sustain these investments over their lifetimes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Fence_Act_of_2006
Erection of the fence
By April 2009, DHS had erected about 613 miles (985 km) of new pedestrian fencing and vehicle barriers along the southwest border from California to Texas.[7] Delays frustrated some, such as Senator Jim DeMint, Republican of South Carolina, who in 2010 introduced legislation seeking to require completion of the 700-mile-long, double-layered fence. (DHS had since 2007 begun "to shift its focus to erecting a 'virtual fence' along the 2,000-mile border, using sensors, cameras and other high-tech equipment to prevent illegal crossings".) DeMint's legislation was defeated in a 52–45 Senate vote in 2010.[8]
By May 2011, DHS reported completing 649 miles of fencing (99.5% of the 652 miles planned). The barrier was made up of 299 miles of vehicle barriers and 350 miles of pedestrian fence.[6] The fencing includes a steel fence (varying in height between 18 and 26 feet) that divides the border towns of Nogales, Arizona in the U.S. and Nogales, Sonora in Mexico.[9] A 2016 report by the Government Accountability Office confirmed that the government had completed the fence by 2015.[10] A 2017 GAO report noted: "In addition to the 654 miles of primary fencing, CBP has also deployed additional layers of pedestrian fencing behind the primary border fencing, including 37 miles of secondary fencing and 14 miles of tertiary fencing."[11]
Cost
Although the 2006 law authorized construction of a fence, Congress initially did not fully appropriate funds for it (see authorization-appropriation process). "Congress put aside $1.4 billion for the fence, but the whole cost, including maintenance, was pegged at $50 billion over 25 years, according to analyses at the time."[10]
A 2017 GAO report noted: "According to CBP, from fiscal year 2007 through 2015, it spent approximately $2.3 billion to deploy border fencing along the southwest border, and CBP will need to spend a substantial amount to sustain these investments over their lifetimes. CBP did not provide a current life-cycle costs estimate to maintain pedestrian and vehicle fencing, however, in 2009 CBP estimated that maintaining fencing would cost more than $1 billion over 20 years."[12]
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I heard that within 5 years the annual maintenance cost will match the cost of building the damn thing. We'd be better off writing checks to each and every person in Mexico and asking then to stay there.Pyperkub wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 3:45 pmI had heard $70-$80 billion. And I doubt that includes ongoing maintenance (staffing? WTF is that going to cost on an annual basis?, Repairs?, Annual Maintenance and Checks, etc?). Does it even include the Eminent Domain purchases of the land? Anyone know of a good source for what the *actual* costs are going to look like? Both Capital expenses and Ongoing estimates?Jeff V wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 3:21 pmThe thing is, the cost of completing Trump's monument to stupidity is projected to be close to $50B, not $5B. Likely $5B gets the thing designed, and maybe a fence post or two planted. So as soon as he burns through that $5B, it'll be another $5B and another until he's out of office one way or the other and all of that money becomes wasted because the dems are never going to finish it. Funding $5B for "border security" OTOH is something they could absolutely do since it would ostensibly be spent much more intelligently on something much more effective than an archaic wall.stessier wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 1:34 pm So how does this end? At some point, there is going to have to be some negotiation.
I've seen articles suggesting DACA-for-the-wall (well, $5 billion worth anyway). I hate the wall and think DACA isn't enough. What else could they ask for that they could reasonably get? Rolling back tax breaks or fixing Obamacare don't seem reasonable due to all the other legislation that would be required.
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Well, yeah, that's our side's view. The other side wants the wall. In a perfect world, we'd compromise by giving $5 Billion for border security and everyone is disgruntled but achieved a bit of their goal. But if they hold fast to The Wall or nothing, then the Democrats should try and get something that they want in exchange. It basic negotiating.Jeff V wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 3:21 pmThe thing is, the cost of completing Trump's monument to stupidity is projected to be close to $50B, not $5B. Likely $5B gets the thing designed, and maybe a fence post or two planted. So as soon as he burns through that $5B, it'll be another $5B and another until he's out of office one way or the other and all of that money becomes wasted because the dems are never going to finish it. Funding $5B for "border security" OTOH is something they could absolutely do since it would ostensibly be spent much more intelligently on something much more effective than an archaic wall.stessier wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 1:34 pm So how does this end? At some point, there is going to have to be some negotiation.
I've seen articles suggesting DACA-for-the-wall (well, $5 billion worth anyway). I hate the wall and think DACA isn't enough. What else could they ask for that they could reasonably get? Rolling back tax breaks or fixing Obamacare don't seem reasonable due to all the other legislation that would be required.
I think he is mercurial enough that he might do it on the right day - as long as he could claim a clear victory.
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Wait, wait, I got it! Democrats will approve building the wall if Trump resigns from office. Win-win!
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Exactly. There are still several dozen lawsuits dragging on from Bush's 2006 attempt to build fences in certain places along the border; and most of that was already on federal land! This would be thousands and thousands of lawsuits - not just from landowners, but also from companies and Native tribes. $5 billion wouldn't even be enough to buy out the land and pay the lawyers.
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The land and water access + right of way issues are a big part of why every 'border' Congressperson and the population there itself are overwhelmingly against 'wall'.
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To be honest, I think some large group of unpaid workers will need to walk off the job and derail a major industry to make Trump blink. He's gone well beyond rational at this point. TSA agents could probably end this thing in a week if a large enough majority of them refused to come in to work. I'm not sure how strong their union contract is to protect their jobs in such a situation, but stopping airline travel would likely break Trump.
Democrats in the House are adamant that they won't endorse Trump's hostage taking by engaging in negotiations while a large part of the government is in shutdown.
I'd love to see Trump come under enough pressure that he not only signs a bill to reopen the government, but that said bill also includes provisions to prevent future shutdowns, but that's probably not something we could hash out in this timetable.
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Zarathud: The sad thing is that Barak Obama is a very intelligent and articulate person, even when you disagree with his views it's clear that he's very thoughtful. I would have loved to see Obama in a real debate.
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The risk of an economic free fall would become immense. Either he'd blink, or McConnell would.
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Zarathud: The sad thing is that Barak Obama is a very intelligent and articulate person, even when you disagree with his views it's clear that he's very thoughtful. I would have loved to see Obama in a real debate.
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Trump doesn't get the significance of his actions, and McConnell is a wax figurine of a human being animated by demonic possession. Neither has much talent blinking when it matters.
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And therein lies his biggest problem - there is no win unless the other guy loses. He simply does not believe in win-win propositions.
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There are really three plausible ways for the shutdown to end: (1) Trump basically caves, and they pass something that Trump can call a win; (2) Trump declares a national emergency to build the wall and then lets the government reopen; or (3) some grand bargain.
#3 seems super unlikely, because the Democrats would want a DACA deal as a minimum as part of that, and immigration is one area where it's unlikely for the Republican coalition to hold together.
#2 seemed pretty likely last week, but Republicans seem to be running away from it now (possibly because of the terrible polling on the issue). Never know when Trump will impulsively reverse course and do this, though.
My guess is that ultimately we wind up at #1. It will probably take a couple weeks, and the resolution will be sparked by something externally going majorly wrong (such as air travel starting to get severely messed up). Either people in the Trump administration or McConnell will finally lean on Trump to accept a mostly clean funding bill (upon threat of overriding a veto).
#3 seems super unlikely, because the Democrats would want a DACA deal as a minimum as part of that, and immigration is one area where it's unlikely for the Republican coalition to hold together.
#2 seemed pretty likely last week, but Republicans seem to be running away from it now (possibly because of the terrible polling on the issue). Never know when Trump will impulsively reverse course and do this, though.
My guess is that ultimately we wind up at #1. It will probably take a couple weeks, and the resolution will be sparked by something externally going majorly wrong (such as air travel starting to get severely messed up). Either people in the Trump administration or McConnell will finally lean on Trump to accept a mostly clean funding bill (upon threat of overriding a veto).
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Well when they do pass something half assed, at least almost a million citizens will have been put through economic hardship for whatever meaningless agreement comes out of this.
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Yup. Good news is that Congress has (virtually unanimously) passed a bill guaranteeing back pay at the end of the shutdown (both for this and any future shutdowns), and all indications are that Trump is going to sign it (though I won't count on that until he actually does). So personally this is not a huge deal to me, as I have savings and I'll be fine, and ultimately get paid. But for others that's not the case. And this is going to cause various issues on the investigations that I'm working on. And on top of that it's all just incredibly stupid.
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Both sides!
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This just made me wonder. What impact does the government shutdown have on Mueller?
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The big bright side too, is that Trump is likely setting a record for shutdown length that will never be broken. Just look at that graph and Obama and Clinton's pathetic attempts at shutdowns. Unbreakable US record, baby! MAGA!
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None at all.Remus West wrote: ↑Tue Jan 15, 2019 12:27 pmThis just made me wonder. What impact does the government shutdown have on Mueller?
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This is still the Wall thread right?
https://theweek.com/speedreads/817669/r ... er-barrier
I'm just in love with headline is all
https://theweek.com/speedreads/817669/r ... er-barrier
I'm just in love with headline is all
Right-wing provocateur goes to Nancy Pelosi's house and shows how easy it is to climb over a barrier
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I really am stunned how Fucko can sit there day after day acting as a call screener for the President and be seen least to blame when he is the person literally least doing his job out of everyone involved. His job is to work with Congress to put a bill before the President. Not to determine what is and is not a waste of the President's time.
Why isn't the press hammering this every single day? Loudly. They're happy to pit Pelosi against Trump every day. They're ecstatic to talk about how AOC dances. But they shy away from keeping the magnifying glass on the machinations of the most powerful person in Congress, who has single handedly and proudly corrupted the Supreme Court by choosing when he wants to do his job and when he doesn't feel like it and doing so again now.
If ever there was argument for the emperor dissolving the Senate, McConnell would be the poster child.
Why isn't the press hammering this every single day? Loudly. They're happy to pit Pelosi against Trump every day. They're ecstatic to talk about how AOC dances. But they shy away from keeping the magnifying glass on the machinations of the most powerful person in Congress, who has single handedly and proudly corrupted the Supreme Court by choosing when he wants to do his job and when he doesn't feel like it and doing so again now.
If ever there was argument for the emperor dissolving the Senate, McConnell would be the poster child.
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It must be particularly frustrating for Americans to go through this knowing that border security is a bipartisan concern with heavy support from both sides of the aisle.
It kind of boggles the mind to see everything Obama had done, and to witness Congress agreeing on billions for border security, only to watch it all come crashing to a halt because the president watched Matt Damon in the Great Wall and thought it was a documentary.
It kind of boggles the mind to see everything Obama had done, and to witness Congress agreeing on billions for border security, only to watch it all come crashing to a halt because the president watched Matt Damon in the Great Wall and thought it was a documentary.
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Just hope a certain "somebody" doesn't read this article in Forbes about Spain's economy growing and unemployment falling while they basically had no government for ten months in 2016.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstal ... 2bd691b62c
https://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstal ... 2bd691b62c
Nancy's barrier was more of a fence. She did have her door locked by the way.LordMortis wrote: ↑Tue Jan 15, 2019 1:44 pmRight-wing provocateur goes to Nancy Pelosi's house and shows how easy it is to climb over a barrier
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I'm sure the economy can add 2 million plus jobs to replace all the federal jobs just to keep employment level, then more to actually grow the economy, all the while having all the secondary and tertiary jobs that rely on federal dollars dry up as well.
If it weren't for all the hardship, I'd kinda enjoy the schadenfreude of watching you get what you wish for.
You have no idea how many "private" businesses rely on federal dollars to stay aloat, and that's before we even consider corporate handouts. Who the f**k is going to pay the private contractors to build your monument to stupidity on the southern border if the government is shutdown, deep thinker?
If it weren't for all the hardship, I'd kinda enjoy the schadenfreude of watching you get what you wish for.
You have no idea how many "private" businesses rely on federal dollars to stay aloat, and that's before we even consider corporate handouts. Who the f**k is going to pay the private contractors to build your monument to stupidity on the southern border if the government is shutdown, deep thinker?
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The danger is that, when #1 becomes inevitable, Trump will engineer a new and bigger crisis (e.g. firing the whole FBI, joining the Warsaw Pact) in order to distract coverage from it.El Guapo wrote: ↑Tue Jan 15, 2019 12:00 pm There are really three plausible ways for the shutdown to end: (1) Trump basically caves, and they pass something that Trump can call a win; (2) Trump declares a national emergency to build the wall and then lets the government reopen; or (3) some grand bargain.
#3 seems super unlikely, because the Democrats would want a DACA deal as a minimum as part of that, and immigration is one area where it's unlikely for the Republican coalition to hold together.
#2 seemed pretty likely last week, but Republicans seem to be running away from it now (possibly because of the terrible polling on the issue). Never know when Trump will impulsively reverse course and do this, though.
My guess is that ultimately we wind up at #1. It will probably take a couple weeks, and the resolution will be sparked by something externally going majorly wrong (such as air travel starting to get severely messed up). Either people in the Trump administration or McConnell will finally lean on Trump to accept a mostly clean funding bill (upon threat of overriding a veto).
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Re: Shutdown
Let's be really clear what we're talking about here. During their period of no government, Spain's unemployment rate dropped from 20% to 18.9%, in a nation of 46 million people.em2nought wrote: ↑Tue Jan 15, 2019 6:09 pm Just hope a certain "somebody" doesn't read this article in Forbes about Spain's economy growing and unemployment falling while they basically had no government for ten months in 2016.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstal ... 2bd691b62c
I'm sure that our country of 325 million with a current unemployment rate of 4% that has several major industries which are nearly 100% dependent on federal/defense spending will see exactly those same results if the government doesn't open, right?
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Re: Shutdown
Forget it, skinypuppy. The Deplorables think government is unnecessary because it exists only to give food stamps to brown people.
Much prefer my Nazis Nuremberged.