Government Shutdown

[gatoveintisiete]

Caterorgizer

[star seed 7]

You started it.

bad person.

[p1k3]

Maybe we don't need the government

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

Maybe we don't need the government

I would guess we need about 25% of it.  The rest would just be "too difficult" to dump (think of the GDP number ).  We clearly don't don't the part that was sequestered and most of the part that's shut down. 

[sonofdaxjones]

[star seed 7]

lol

[sys]

hope that kid writes his representatives.

[felix rex]

The DC zoo is a pretty great zoo, too. Feel bad for the little guy.

[sys]

so did his parents want that photo so bad that they took him there to crush his spirits in exchange for the pic?  or were they too busy picking out a hat with ears for the boy to turn on a radio, tv or computer over the preceding week?

[Panjandrum]

Maybe we don't need the government

I would guess we need about 25% of it.  The rest would just be "too difficult" to dump (think of the GDP number ).  We clearly don't don't the part that was sequestered and most of the part that's shut down.

Well, the USDA would be nice.

Also, it is nice to have some people working for free.

[john "teach me how to" dougie]

Maybe they heard congress had submitted a clean bill to keep nationalparks open and were surprised to learn the Senate turned it down.

[wetwillie]

Just mandate you give one forty hour work week a year, excusable with pay from your private job like jury duty. 

[sys]

Maybe they heard congress had submitted a clean bill to keep nationalparks open and were surprised to learn the Senate turned it down.

they should put reid's "not gonna happen" on a loop via loudspeaker at the national zoo metro stop to prevent such tragedies in the future.

[star seed 7]

Maybe they heard congress had submitted a clean bill to keep nationalparks open and were surprised to learn the Senate turned it down.

 

[star seed 7]

i think we found out who took this picture...

in DC this weekend, did all the monuments/mall today. any recs for more sightseeing tomorrow?  smithsonians closed.

we were up at a basic sheraton in Columbia for a wedding but came down to Arlington tonight. used spg free night at the Le Meridien. place is sweet. I've got my own recumbent bike in here!

[Cire]

Heard today that there will be no deal and that BO will be forced to use executive powers to fund the gov and then the house will impeach.

[p1k3]

Maybe we don't need the government

I would guess we need about 25% of it.  The rest would just be "too difficult" to dump (think of the GDP number ).  We clearly don't don't the part that was sequestered and most of the part that's shut down.

Well, the USDA would be nice.

Also, it is nice to have some people working for free.

USDA is ran by biotech companies.

#bid

[Rage Against the McKee]

Heard today that there will be no deal and that BO will be forced to use executive powers to fund the gov and then the house will impeach.

Hopefully this happens. I really don't think the Supreme Court would rule that the debt ceiling is even constitutional, and it would really be nice to see that challenged so we can stop going through all of this garbage every year.

[john "teach me how to" dougie]

Heard today that there will be no deal and that BO will be forced to use executive powers to fund the gov and then the house will impeach.

Hopefully this happens. I really don't think the Supreme Court would rule that the debt ceiling is even constitutional, and it would really be nice to see that challenged so we can stop going through all of this garbage every year.

What would the national debt be right now if Obama and congress didn't have a spending limit? 20 trillion? 25 trillion?

[Rage Against the McKee]

Heard today that there will be no deal and that BO will be forced to use executive powers to fund the gov and then the house will impeach.

Hopefully this happens. I really don't think the Supreme Court would rule that the debt ceiling is even constitutional, and it would really be nice to see that challenged so we can stop going through all of this garbage every year.

What would the national debt be right now if Obama and congress didn't have a spending limit? 20 trillion? 25 trillion?

Probably exactly what it is right now.

[Cire]

Yeah.

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

Heard today that there will be no deal and that BO will be forced to use executive powers to fund the gov and then the house will impeach.

Hopefully this happens. I really don't think the Supreme Court would rule that the debt ceiling is even constitutional, and it would really be nice to see that challenged so we can stop going through all of this garbage every year.

Why would the debt ceiling be unconstitutional? Do you still believe that raising the debt ceiling is a prerequisite to servicing our debt? I mean, I can't really blame you for being confused, what with all the "default" lies from this administration and media lapdogs.

[Rage Against the McKee]

Heard today that there will be no deal and that BO will be forced to use executive powers to fund the gov and then the house will impeach.

Hopefully this happens. I really don't think the Supreme Court would rule that the debt ceiling is even constitutional, and it would really be nice to see that challenged so we can stop going through all of this garbage every year.

Why would the debt ceiling be unconstitutional? Do you still believe that raising the debt ceiling is a prerequisite to servicing our debt? I mean, I can't really blame you for being confused, what with all the "default" lies from this administration and media lapdogs.

It's an obstacle to servicing our debt and under the 14th amendment, it is unconstitutional to not pay our debt.

[ShellShock]

Heard today that there will be no deal and that BO will be forced to use executive powers to fund the gov and then the house will impeach.

Hopefully this happens. I really don't think the Supreme Court would rule that the debt ceiling is even constitutional, and it would really be nice to see that challenged so we can stop going through all of this garbage every year.

Why would the debt ceiling be unconstitutional? Do you still believe that raising the debt ceiling is a prerequisite to servicing our debt? I mean, I can't really blame you for being confused, what with all the "default" lies from this administration and media lapdogs.

It's an obstacle to servicing our debt and under the 14th amendment, it is unconstitutional to not pay our debt.

So lets find a plan to start paying it and quit doing this crap every freaking year! There are only two reasons to EVER spend money: Spend money to make money and spend money to save money. We aren't doing either of these things right now. I'm very proud that finally we have people that are fighting raising the debt ceiling and are concerned with turning the ship around instead of burying it further.

[8manpick]

You forgot spend money to get cool stuff