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CHRISHOGGALYPSE

CHRISHOGGALYPSE

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Jul 21, 2002
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What the hell is this about? How is the government just gonna up and shut down? It almost seems like a reverse psychology so people will be practically begging the government to come back into power.

I'm pissed cause if the gov isn't working, I won't be getting my GI Bill for school. I'm also pissed about the troops not getting paid to be out there fighting a war. This is all messed up
 
Legman

Legman

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Nov 5, 2002
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my boy Albert is in Iraq right now fightin, hope this shit gets cleared for his sake
 
2-0-Sixx

2-0-Sixx

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May 13, 2002
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In short:

A significant section of the Republican Party, particularly newly elected representatives who ran with the backing of ultra-right “Tea Party” forces, are seeking the shutdown of the federal government. Such an action would idle 800,000 out of the 2 million federal employees, close federal parks and museums, and disrupt civilian services from tax processing and environmental cleanup to mortgage financing and small business loans. An extended shutdown would delay the payment of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid benefits.

Such a result, the right-wing Republicans hope, would further their aim to destroy whatever remains of the social safety net and eliminate all safety and environmental regulations on big business. This fact is underscored not simply in the current budget negotiations, but above all in the fiscal year 2012 budget plan outlined by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan Tuesday. His proposal calls for $6 trillion in cuts over 10 years—100 times the cuts proposed by the House Republicans in the fiscal year 2011 budget—and the dismantling of bedrock entitlement programs such as Medicare and Medicaid.

Among workers and young people throughout the US there is widespread opposition to further cuts in essential services. This was demonstrated in the eruption of working class protests in Wisconsin and protests against budget cuts being carried out by Democratic and Republican state administrations in New York, California and other states.

Far from opposing the cuts, congressional Democrats and the White House present themselves as more “responsible” budget-cutters. Like the Republicans, their starting point is the false claim that the government simply cannot afford to maintain vital social services. This after the government hands over trillions to bail out the banks and provide tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans, and continues to fund multiple wars.​
 
Roz

Roz

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It all comes down to about $30 billion, but more so, that the Republicans want to cut funding for National Public Radio, and Planned Parenthood. The Democrats have a budget of a little over $60 billion for the fiscal year, and Republicans want that cut in half. It's all just politics as usual.
 
InfamousICON

InfamousICON

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Jan 29, 2005
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Yeah it's pretty shitty. I'm in the Army currently and we were told today that we get one week's worth of pay on the 15th of this month and that's it for the rest of the shutdown. Earlier today the Army even changed our online paystubs to one week's pay, and they changed that shit before the Government is even officially shutdown at midnight tonight which made me laugh.

I have soldiers that work for me that are Private's with kids to feed, buried in bills, that might not get a paycheck for a long time and all our high ranking leadership can tell us is "If you don't show up to work, you're AWOL". I got some savings set aside so I should be good, but these young soldiers are gonna be hurting.

I'm just pissed the fuck off that the people causing this have their own little reserve fund so they can still keep getting payed. So basically we legally have to work with no paycheck, but they get a vacation and get payed......that's backwards as hell. Shouldn't the reserve fund be there for people still forced to work?
 
Rumpelstiltskin

Rumpelstiltskin

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May 6, 2002
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Ya this is going to be bad.
My tax returns won't be processed (I had to file paper).

Hopefully it won't last for more than a week or so.
No way they come to a resolution by tonight...
 
surcaliman

surcaliman

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Nov 1, 2005
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notice how they shutting shit down in the middle of the month and not at the beginning when checks and benefits are issued?...come the first of may shit will be runnin again.
 
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