AMEN to that!!!
Posted on 04/23/2017 11:51:36 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
We’re looking at a possible government shutdown next Saturday, and that’s got some conservatives nervous. They shouldn’t be. Admittedly, past government shutdowns — or threats of shutdowns — have worked against conservatives. With Trump, however, it would likely be a different story....
even a partial shutdown plays precisely into the Trump agenda and his campaign promises of draining the swamp. Trump’s base, as well as “swing voters” who are fed up with out of control spending, would, of course, be cheered by such a move. Moreover, such a shutdown plays into Trump’s hands by giving him every excuse to slash funding to “sanctuary cities,” to bloated university programs, to global warming science grants, and on and on. Social Security checks will continue, the military will be funded, and necessary services will hum along while grants to study the sex life of the fruit bat will not. Deep State bureaucrats who so depend on the federal government for their very existence would be the ones most hurt. In short, Trump can not only make even a partial shutdown look like the Democrats’ fault but shield many of the (normally) loudest voices from the pain.
More important, every minute the bloated government is shut down reinforces the perception of Trump as a businessman who cuts the fat, extracts more efficiency, and makes the U.S. government more like a business. Unlike the Clinton/Gingrich shutdown battle, the control over what sectors of the government get their money is in the hands of a Republican president, not a Democrat who held up funds on the most visible and sympathetic programs. Trump would relish starving all the non-essential offices like PBS and NPR or global-warming science grants.
(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...
A government shutdown could be a good thing IF the Republicans stick together. But there’s the RINO factor. I predict RINO’s will muck up the works. They don’t want to be drained.
Trump will use it to point out how many non-essential services the government is providing.
Very good article! This would be a perfect opportunity to defund Sanctuary Cities, PBS and the study of how the fruit fly has sex.
RINO’s are members of the Uniparty Progressives...
Win-win!
How the hell do the dims shut down the government when they do not control the Congress or the White House? How do they yield this type of power? If they can shut the government down, what other harm can they do?
Well there was a bunch of us that told Obama's bastards who was boss during that shut down on October 13, 2013:
FReegards!
Were you one of the group which took the barriers to the White House?
Congressional pay (Senators, Reps and all staffers) should cease until a budget, not a continuing resolution, is passed. No lost pay made up. They didn’t do their jobs, they shouldn’t get the pay!
Great article, Larry!
Yes, that is one of my Marine sons (I have 2 - both USMC) looking at the camera holding the barrier on our way to the White House to dump it off. I was marching along side and took his picture.
FReegards!
Do you believe Ryan and his RINO cohorts would vote to overturn a Trump veto of a spending bill that does not include Wall funding?
Not in a million years.
It would be suicide by stupidity.
“I am one of many conservatives who see the wall as a yuge waste of money.”
That’s because you are not conservative.
I’m good with a shutdown as long as they STOP paying salaries and benefits to all government employees not working. Let THEM call their DEM rep to complain.
I’d actually like to see this happen and play out...
good insight LS...
TG
Good article LS. Thanks.
“the media’s ongoing inability to understand Trump as the ultimate outsider..”
The msm and demoncrats will spin anything Trump does as bad as it can get. We will see how this plays out with the media.
But as you say, “More important, every minute the bloated government is shut down reinforces the perception of Trump as a businessman who cuts the fat, extracts more efficiency, and makes the U.S. government more like a business.”
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