The new CR bill just failed in the House
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Another touchdown for Team Shutdown! The opponents are out of timeouts now! Nail-biting fourth quarter here.
You know that hundreds of thousand of people will not get paid if the fed shuts down? Right after Christmas? This is bullshit that they make the CR end right before Christmas but it is also bullshit that is federal workers have to worry about this. Not all of us are pork and it’s bullshit to play games like this in both sides. This shit needs to stop. We almost had to take loans out for the last one.
What kind of nonessential work do you do? In the public sector I take gigs where I can get them.
Anyway, as your employer, I never guaranteed that I wanted you to keep doing your nonessential task when my representatives conclude there's no plan in which it's in my interests to have you do so. I suppose you can sue me, or you can take up the enervating mantle of private sovereignty alongside me and take responsibility for your own life.
As you can see, you're not getting any sympathy here for good reason.
It was ok for ALL of the country to not get paid during Covid. Only the govt got paid. The govt is bloated. I have seen how long govt shuts down when Democrats rule. It is a few days because Republicans have sympathy. Govt employees always seem to get back pay as well. The civilians just get nothing. They just get fired.
Oh, and BTW, we are essential employees so we work whether we get paid or not
Essential roles within the government still get paid when the government shuts down. They just keep paying money they haven't yet printed. When the government has a budget again, they calculate that in. Don't act like you don't get paid, fed boi.
They actually do not. We almost had to take a loan last time.
So, I am not sure you are aware how entitled you sound.
Gov't workers have unreal job security healthcare/benefits and salaries. If us non Gov't folk have a bad year, we don't get back paid, we get fired. That isn't delayed pay, that is zero pay plus being thrown to the sharks of the black hole of a job market.
Yes, it sucks. But i'm sorry, your delayed but garunteed pay is not more important than the actions and monies buried inside a terrible bill.
Suck it up butter cup, it aint about you, it is about the durational health of the country.
Also, diversify your income.
Good on you. What is it that you do?
I read the whole bill. It was definitely better than the previous monstrosity but had some room for improvement.
Don't touch social security, Medicare or Medicaid. Regular Americans rely on those programs and Trump promised not to touch them.
Reduce the massive agricultural subsidies
Reduce the unspecified "environmental science" grants.
Reduce defense spending. Contractors are getting paid way more than they aught to for what's being funded. The military shouldn't be a welfare program for middlemen.
The spending should be reserved for things that directly make people's lives better, and it should be written down exactly how it's going to be carried out. The money could go a very long way if it's rationed intelligently.
Are saying we shouldn't be spending $2.3m on Smart Toilet Seats that have Butt Cheek Identification technology? Or should we not be spending $118k on metal robotic Thanos to see if it could snap it's fingers?
I mean those are the types of things that MUST be funded in order for the government to function. /sar
thankQ cringer!
Why did it take the democrats to defeat this bill? A LOT of republicans voted "for" this bill. They are either rinos force to do the bidding of the deep state or are very tone deaf to the demands of the people who voted them in. All of these rinos need to be primaried and voted out. Hopefully they will receive a note asking them to participate in some treason trials.......their's!
Is this not the second bill? The one that replaced the first one?
Yep. The Trump version is the one that was brought to the floor vote.
Shut it down.
The delay of paychecks will continue until thifting improves...
I'm "thrifting" your mom right now GSA
WINNING!!
Wahoo!
When you're between a rock and a hard place move the Rock. Get rid of taxpayer funded important things like tampon machines in men's washrooms, or little things like billions of dollars to fund endless wars, while your own vets live on the streets.
watch the assholes bring the original 1500page Fuck-Trump Bill back in at 11PM on Friday night... it will pass.