Looming Government Shutdown (again)

[Eric P]

Shame they let the woman march happen on park property...

[Aardvark]

Who has to pick up the sootikins?

[CS1983]

[Ronin13]

Grey has cleared up my opinion that govt workers don't appreciate how good they have it and expect special treatment. It is clear that they could care less about the issues others may have experienced in life and are only concerned with the tribulations of their own lives regardless how inconsequential they may be.

I take a little issue with these statements here. "How good they have it?" Government workers don't exactly have it good, by comparison to the rest of us. Be it a file clerk for the IRS, a Special Agent for the ATF, or a lowly buck SGT with the US Army. A job is a job, regardless of if it is government or private. The only difference is that your local CVS pharmacist isn't subject to political games, like a 26 day shutdown (like was seen under Clinton in 1995), that threatens to delay or even furlough their pay. Work should be compensated, regardless of chosen profession. I have a good friend I served with who had to rejoin the army due to family medical issues. That is one benefit or reason to say "they have it good," but in reality those benefits are just a small portion of the bigger picture. Most .gov employees do a ton of work for shit pay. If you took the benefits out of the equation, it's a wonder anyone would pursue a career in the military seeing as how the pay is not anywhere near where it should be for the work and risks done- same goes to pretty much any Federal LE, and just about every single job within the government that doesn't carry risks, but is pretty important and very busy for pennies in compensation. I don't know of hardly any .gov employees who ask for special treatment. Most just ask to make an honest day's pay for an honest day's work, just like you, me or Bob who lives down the street and fixes your Hyundai.

[Ronin13]

The headline over at FNC is "Dems blink."
Looks like the shutdown is ending, and they caved. They being Team Schumer and his posse of obstructionist democrats (a term they used for the Repubs back during the obama years). Now they want to have both sides come to the table and draft a new DACA deal- which I think is better than something they slapped together in the short-term spending bill. We'll see how it all plays out- but I do want to see funding for a wall. I read an interesting story about USASOC and CBP testing some wall designs- I'll see if I can find it.
SHUTDOWN OVER story.

[Gman]

Senate breaks budget impasse, paving way for government to reopen

Roughly 60 hours after the federal government first shut down, a bipartisan group of negotiators in the Senate reached a breakthrough to reopen the government by uniting Republican and Democratic leaders in an agreement on immigration and spending.

The Senate headed toward overwhelming passage of a short-term spending bill later in the day Monday after voting to end debate by a vote of 81-18. The House was then expected to pass the measure and send it to President Trump for his signature, laying the groundwork for the government to reopen by Monday evening.

The spending bill would fund the government through Feb. 8 and reauthorize the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for six years.

Yay! We get to play the brinkmanship game again in less than 3 weeks. Oh, and what else is in that legislation that you aren't telling us about? Based on history, I bet 'we the people' are getting screwed yet again.

[sampson]

Senate breaks budget impasse, paving way for government to reopen

Yay! We get to play the brinkmanship game again in less than 3 weeks. Oh, and what else is in that legislation that you aren't telling us about? Based on history, I bet 'we the people' are getting screwed yet again.

Bipartisan usually means that a larger-than-usual deception is being carried out.

George Carlin
Actor, Author, Comedian, Critic, Producer

[OtterbatHellcat]

I heard that it takes $65,000 a DAY to keep the Statue of Liberty "open" for visiting, etc, etc.

I don't know where you all stand on that piece of WTF information, but that is some shit they can shut down every other week at least....what in the world is that shit?

[cstone]

I heard that it takes $65,000 a DAY to keep the Statue of Liberty "open" for visiting, etc, etc.

I don't know where you all stand on that piece of WTF information, but that is some shit they can shut down every other week at least....what in the world is that shit?

That cost may include the ferry service that is operated from NJ and NY to the island on a regular daily basis.

[Ridge]

I heard that it takes $65,000 a DAY to keep the Statue of Liberty "open" for visiting, etc, etc.

I don't know where you all stand on that piece of WTF information, but that is some shit they can shut down every other week at least....what in the world is that shit?

One of our nations important monuments, it should be kept open.