September 30, 2013

  • I'm rather intrigued with the idea of a government shut down...

    I wonder how many days of shut down it might take to pay down the government deficit...

    Who would suffer the most... probably all those privileged leaders in Washington who would lose all their aides and assistants...

    an interesting comment:
    http://thepatriotfactor.blogspot.com/2013/09/op-ed-shut-her-downand-shut-obama-and.html

    "40% of the federal employees will being going on a rolling furlough....does that mean that Michelle will have to lay of 16 of her assistants? OMG, who to choose who to choose. What, those 297 redundant agencies in DC will have to let 40% of their employees get rolling (temporary, graduating) furloughs? WOW won't that save a few dollars! They say that shutting the Government down is going to cost a 100 million a day, I wonder what they pay 800,000 a day? I wonder what they pay in electricity, paper, water, office space, ect a day. I am willing to bet it is more than a 100mil total, add in money those agencies will NOT be spending by the tens of millions...and I bet that 100 million is a bargain. MY QUESTION is, How do you spend a 100 million dollars if you are not there to spend it, and the government isn't issuing any checks for non-mandatory spending?"

     

    I think it might be a good wake up call for the country...

    very intrigued...

    a good trial run for what is an inevitability as long as things keep going the way they have been.  I would love to see congress go without their pay for a day... about time the taxpayers assert themselves.

    Speaker for the Senate address to House;
    "Just do what you've been doing and don't shut down government"

    Um yeah, and the definition of insanity is keep doing what you've been doing and expect a different outcome.
    It's time to do something different... long past time for a game change... no more business as usual.

     

    I think Obama has more on his plate than one man should have to handle at one time...
    Syria, Iran, Obamacare and the house debate over defunding...

    and I am not sure that is not the strategy being employed by those seeking to bring down this country...

    and that, is probably the biggest worry of all.

Comments (4)

  • you might not get a pay check if you work for the government. Not a good wakeup call to mess with people's paychecks.

    • Hi Jill, That's what I mean... People don't think about what will happen if the government of this country collapses. A little trial as a wake up call wouldn't be a bad thing.

  • It'sm not a wake up call for politicians who have a big saving account. My husband is active duty military, we might not get our paycheck on the 15th, but he still serves and is required to - for you,for all of us.

    So the politicians won't suffer, the servicemen and women who, most of us, live paycheck to paycheck or close to it will.

    And even if pay is not withheld, our commissary and library is scheduled to shut down. Already. On the 2nd. That's where we buy groceries and as homeschoolers, get our reading lists for school.

    It is not the politicians who will suffer. It's us. The active duty servicemen and families. And I don't respect Congress for playing around on principle for an end that won't ultimately change.

  • This is all ridiculous. We are so messed up, it seems unfixable.

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