[digger48]

So.

Whats the downside?

[Nervous Tick]

Didn’t see EPA on the list of “essential” employees.

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[scorchedearther]

Government shutdown?

BRING IT ON!

After all, the dems still hold 2/3 of the control of the US government - the senate and the presidency.

And republicans can make a good case therefore that it was democrats who shut down the government accordingly!

[Joe Bfstplk]

Let’s see how much government we can do without.

[IH8DEMS]

Any way we could permanently shut nonessential down ?

[hosepipe]

America has 3 governments.. Federal, State and Local..
State and Local government will not be effected at all...

[blueplum]

The last time the federal government went dark was during the Clinton administration.

a point to hammer home

[crz]

Lemme let you all in a little secret. I have been working with my congressman to get the US Forest Service to become self sustaining or the lands go back to the counties they are in.

He approached the interior dept and the head told him-his words not mine, that, “we are not in this business to make money.” So we have a dept that sells a resource and it isnt in the business to make money. So the USFS draws funds from the general fund to operate. And there are a lot of them who make 6 figures in salary.

He (the congressman)is working on legislation to take care of the problem. Time will tell what happens.

[crz]

How much we talking of here a day? 2, 3, 4 billion?

Do the math..I think we could cut spending and never have a bill.

[ScubieNuc]

My son, who is in the Army (stateside, not deployed yet), told me yesterday that they have been told that they may not get paid on the first of next month. He’s not too worried, cause he’s single and has plenty in his account to cover his meager bills. HOWEVER, he said that there are MANY other soldiers who have said if they don’t get paid, they aren’t showing up the next day.

Now I know bravado before the event can be bigger then what may really happen if such a thing happens, but he seemed quite sure the base would be quite empty if such a thing as non-pay happens. The point is, ALL military personel better get paid in a government shutdown or there will be some serious fallout!!!

[Young Werther]

With the IRS furloughed, Tax Refunds will not be processed. If you are on a payment plan there will be no paument process either!

[zerosix]

The Post Office is "self-funded?"

Guess that means they no longer get gubmint money, huh.