Posted on 09/20/2013 12:57:27 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas
Edited on 09/20/2013 1:01:49 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Here we go again: A government shutdown looms if lawmakers can
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Why calm the hysterical liberals?
What happens? We get up and go to work. That is all.
1) Workers in all three government branches are at risk of being furloughed.
2) Furloughed workers could receive pay retroactively. in every past instance where the government did shutdown, furloughed workers were given retroactive pay
3) Federal contractors will stop being paid
4) The court system would continue to operate, with judges, key staff member—including probation officers—not facing a furlough.
5) Social Security and Medicare payments will still go out, but experts say a shutdown could bring delays. During the last shutdown, CSR reports, the Social Security Administration kept fewer than 50,000 workers to help provide existing benefits.
6) Non-government workers might not even feel the effect of a closed government. [LOL]
7) “National parks will close and the places people like to visit in Washington, D.C., will be unavailable.
8) Veterans could face holdups with receiving services regarding health and welfare and finance.
9) New passport applications could be delayed
10) travelers could face longer lines at customs when re-entering the country.
11) there are lots of non-profits and for-profits that are dependent on federal grants.
12) The country’s 368 national parks will shutter
13) The National Institution of Health will likely stop enrolling new patients
Who cares!
Actually, it’s a good rehearsal of sorts for when TSHTF .
I was going to write “virtually nothing” but, you beat me to it.
Almost nothing noticeable. A few of the things you want government to do will take longer, pretty much everything you wish the government would stop doing will continue unimpeded.
I was a gov contractor in N Va in 95. I recall our whole office was essential. Early in 96, I took early retirement ‘cause I felt I was no longer making a difference.
If the government shuts down 0bamaphones won’t work!
I can't un-see that! Tell me when it's safe to open my eyes again!
It’s like every day is Sunday (as far as the Feds’ “services” are concerned).
The government ‘shuts down’ every day at 5 pm and every Friday for two days....................
What makes the liberals hysterical is the knowledge that Americans will see that the economy will be good and things will run much smoother if the government shuts down....*LOL*
Haha, my thoughts exactly, along with:
1. Now is the PERFECT time to panic.
2. Officer, they’re looting the Food King!
The herd can only get thinner, quicker....
If it’s anything like sequestration, the only pain anyone will feel is if Obama can pick and choose what not to fund.
Seriously, there is such an unimaginable amount of pure flab and Crisco in the federal budget that many agencies can run off their existing fat for a year or more.
They won’t like it one dang bit, so expect a lot of bureaucrats to be in full whiny tantrum mode. Tough.
Where’s my ebt card.
All I know for certain is that if I am still laughing after 4 hours, I am supposed to call a doctor. ;>)
I can last at least 6 months without ever leaving my house — SHUT IT DOWN...It will be fun.
I just bought a new crossbow... so it won’t even cost me a dime to target practice. ;>)
Is Obozo rounding up his parade of victims yet?
Pray America wakes up
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