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Posted on 10/02/2025 4:54:06 AM PDT by MtnClimber
It wasn't long ago when the party anxious to avoid piling on more debt (Republicans) would capitulate to additional spending when shutdowns loomed. Democrats ran an extortion racket: acquiesce to more spending or we’ll close the government and blame Republicans. 2025 began with DOGE slashing government spending. Democrats then rushed to the courts seeking injunctions. That was then. With their government shutdown push, Democrats just ran a bus over their base. Because you-know-who resides rent-free in their heads, they’ve concluded a government shutdown sounds great.
Because Republicans cut funding to the Democrats’ favorite programs, Democrats’ brain trust now grants OMB Director Russ Vought unlimited rescission authority. Their specious logic goes like this: if Democrats support a shutdown because Republicans support insufficient spending, voters will blame Republicans for the ensuing shutdown. Yet it’s not Republicans supporting the shutdown.
It’s unclear whether Democrats managed to self-destruct on their own or were manipulated into it. The party of Really Big Government handed the administration a blank check for wholesale layoffs. Maybe Democrats believe a shutdown will encourage voters to rise up and demand restoring positions. Maybe they’re just insane. Nobody will notice or care if hundreds of thousands of surplus federal workers are fired, except the workers.
Democrats might want to rethink this one. The ones being hurt the most are their fellow travelers, foot soldiers comprising the ranks of overpaid and underworked federal bureaucrats. Shutdowns normally conclude with furloughed government employees receiving vacations, then receiving full back pay after the charade concludes. Except this time, workers will be terminated. Have Democrats considered the loss of campaign contributions from federal workers and their unions?
Republican presidents have long dreamed of a constitutional amendment granting them unlimited line-item veto authority. Christmas arrived early for Trump this year.
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Who thinks the Department of Education is doing more good than harm?
That is the result when the Democrat senate leader thinks the way to cook a cheeseburger on a BBQ grill is to start off by laying cheese on raw hamburger meat.
Where are the layoffs?
“...Christmas arrived early for Trump this year...”
It arrived early for all patriotic Americans. The Rats are either atheist or worship Satan, so they never cared about Christmas. Getting fired from cushy government employment is just the beginning. More pain and punishment is headed their way. /spit
“Education” is not in the Constitution. Not a single dime of federal funds usurped and redistributed by the feds should be the policy, where are the 50 states fighting for their own money. Just forgot for a second, it’s the uniparty from dog catcher on up to the house/senate, silly me.
I think they said they’d give them two or three days before firing people, but the unions have already filed court papers to stop it.
From the article, that will leave a mark…… 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Flags are flying everywhere. The government shut down is not on my plate for concern. I equate shutdown with gridlock. Gridlock means no new laws are being passed, and the government, at least for a moment, won’t be like ants at a picnic.
How exactly can one “storm” a place one lives?
Yep, best government is the least and this is about as close as we can get!
So if the Senate does eventually pass a CR, what is stopping Trump from vetoing it and shutting down the government in perpetuity?
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