redcrayon said:
DVM97 said:
93MarineHorn said:
infinity ag said:
Why do some folks here want a Govt shutdown?
How does anarchy sound? Do you want us to become Pakistan or Syria?
This is as idiotic as the "defund the police" kooks who then demand the police to find their stuff.
It seems you don't know what happens when FedGov "shuts down".
It has minimal/zero impact on most people's lives. Dems will go squealing to the significantly less influential msm. There will be some manufactured sob stories. Bring it on!
It means my in-laws and mother don't get their social security and health care benefits, it means people go without the basic essentials they have earned from decades of work. Missing a check or two and getting it "later" isn't an option for diabetics and people on fixed incomes. A shutdown impacts millions of people who have earned benefits that the government provides, and it is the elected officials job to keep the government functioning.
Who told you this???
He's wrong. Social Security and health care benefits keep going out during a government shut down. Always. Also, essentional government functions continue.
Government payroll does stop, unless specifically exempted by Congress. (It should be noted that in the last shutdown, Democrats voted NO to a bill filed by Ted Cruz to pay Coast Guard personnel. Other military branches were covered.)
Essential government employees continue to work. Nonessential employees go home. EVERYONE gets back pay after-the-fact whether they kept working or not.
It is wasteful. And it is a pain in the ass. That's why NO ONE should vote against a clean, no frills CR.