Oh, don't tease me like that:
The chances of a government shutdown are on the rise.
With less than three weeks to strike a deal before government funding for the year is scheduled to expire, Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill are moving in opposite directions.
That's known as hyperbole, so spare me the earnest explanations of why we need the federal g
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SHUT IT DOWN.
When I ran for 3rd District congressional seat, I vowed not to vote to increase the debt limit. I based it on the sound fact the General revenues were sufficient to pay the interest on the debt accumalated, pay for national defense and 20% of the remaining non Social Security and Medicare programs.
As with any of the millions of unemployed who were given maybe a weeks notice, their pay was going to zero, I see no reason why the Federal Government needs anymore notice.
SHUT IT DOWN, YANK THE CHAIN! Until we just say no, the politicians will never take us seriously. We have a fiduciary responsibility to our children to pay for the things we want now and not to pass on a bill to our kids who benefit nothing this spending.
We have a fiduciary responsibility to pay for the things we wanted yesterday. We spent the money; now, we need to pay the bills.
The problem is that, in the past, when we shut down government, we didn't really shut down the government. We need a small subset of the Department of Treasury to process incoming tax receipts, and to pay off bonds and notes as they come due. Shut everything else down.
Evict all the patients in the VA hospitals.
Turn off the water, heat and electricity to the federal prisons. If the emergency generators aren't running either, the cell doors would be unlocked; otherwise, the prisons would be deathtraps in a big fire or a tornado. Send the guards home, and the prisoners will figure out how to feed themselves.
Ground all aircraft and send home the air traffic controllers.
Strand all our soldiers overseas with no pay and no chow. We should probably be kind enough to order ships on the high seas into port before turning everything off.
Send home all the border guards. No reason we have to leave the doors open, but if we don't, they'll get torn down, so in the interests of economy, leave them open.
Stop buying electricity for traffic lights on US highways.
Turn off the heat, lights, and water in all federal buildings.
No FDIC. No clearing house means you can't deposit a check written on Bank A into Bank B. If you get your paycheck deposited electronically, it won't happen, and if you pay your bills electronically, that won't happen, either.
Just shut it down. People will stop paying taxes, but we can raise money by selling the interstates to companies that will erect toll booths, selling battleships to a cruise line for trippy vacations, selling nuclear weapons to anyone who bids on them at eBay.
Harl, didn't you used to write for Mad Magazine? You're funny!