US Government Shutdown- It's Over!... For Now

[Neutraligon]

Most federal employees are salaried, and many of them will be reimbursed for time not getting paid during the furlough. Particularly all of the ones currently working without pay.

Well, if the shutdown will last years...

It can't.

[Seangoli]

Most federal employees are salaried, and many of them will be reimbursed for time not getting paid during the furlough. Particularly all of the ones currently working without pay.

Well, if the shutdown will last years...

It wont. Public pressure will force people to abandon their positions eventually. Whether that is Democrats or Republicans is anyone's guess.

[Evil Dictators Happyland]

In other news Congress/Trump just saved tens of billions of dollars by not paying their employees.

Why didn't we think of this before?

if you couldn't tell this was sarcasm, have an /s

[The Alma Mater]

Well, if the shutdown will last years...

It can't.

Trump says it can. Are you calling him a liar ?
And perhaps he is planning to do the same to the USA as he did with his companies: let it go bankrupt before he has to pay.

[Ism]

Well, if the shutdown will last years...

It can't.

That's quitter talk that is.

[The World Capitalist Confederation]

It can't.

Trump says it can. Are you calling him a liar ?
And perhaps he is planning to do the same to the USA as he did with his companies: let it go bankrupt before he has to pay.

If that's the case, then we're getting shafted from both sides and domestically...

[Unstoppable Empire of Doom]

In other news Congress/Trump just saved tens of billions of dollars by not paying their employees.

Why didn't we think of this before?

if you couldn't tell this was sarcasm, have an /s

my post was sarcastic too /s

[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

Most federal employees are salaried, and many of them will be reimbursed for time not getting paid during the furlough. Particularly all of the ones currently working without pay.

Well, if the shutdown will last years...

If it can last until 2020 when the US can boot out Trump then I guess that would be an intresting end to this trainwreck of a presidency.

[The Alma Mater]

Well, if the shutdown will last years...

If it can last until 2020 when the US can boot out Trump then I guess that would be an intresting end to this trainwreck of a presidency.

If the government is in shutdown, do the people organising the voting get paid ?

[Neutraligon]

If this goes into march we hit the debt ceiling if I recall right.

[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

It can't.

Trump says it can. Are you calling him a liar ?
And perhaps he is planning to do the same to the USA as he did with his companies: let it go bankrupt before he has to pay.

Trump is the best truth teller. The best.
/s

If it can last until 2020 when the US can boot out Trump then I guess that would be an intresting end to this trainwreck of a presidency.

If the government is in shutdown, do the people organising the voting get paid ?

I guess not.

Will there just not be an election?

[Internationalist Bastard]

If this goes into march we hit the debt ceiling if I recall right.

I believe so yes, in which we default no?

[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

If this goes into march we hit the debt ceiling if I recall right.

I believe so yes, in which we default no?

"But it was worth it to own the sjws"- Trump supporters post US default, probably.

[Thermodolia]

It can't.

Trump says it can. Are you calling him a liar ?
And perhaps he is planning to do the same to the USA as he did with his companies: let it go bankrupt before he has to pay.

Trump is also an idiot who doesn’t know the consequences of effectively saying “let them eat cake”. If Trump wants to take this to January 20, 2021 hes going to have to deal with almost two years of an unpaid military. History shows that people who don’t pay the guys who know how to do shooty things don’t last long

[Neutraligon]

If this goes into march we hit the debt ceiling if I recall right.

I believe so yes, in which we default no?

No. What it means is that money is taken from somewhere else, namely things like retirement funds or social security funds.

[Thermodolia]

If this goes into march we hit the debt ceiling if I recall right.

Oh fun.

[Thermodolia]

I believe so yes, in which we default no?

No. What it means is that money is taken from somewhere else, namely things like retirement funds.

Well that’s going to eat into his base.

[Neutraligon]

No. What it means is that money is taken from somewhere else, namely things like retirement funds.

Well that’s going to eat into his base.

It also mean that foreign governments are less likely to trust the US and we will might see another downgrade in our credit rating.

[The World Capitalist Confederation]

Trump says it can. Are you calling him a liar ?
And perhaps he is planning to do the same to the USA as he did with his companies: let it go bankrupt before he has to pay.

Trump is also an idiot who doesn’t know the consequences of effectively saying “let them eat cake”. If Trump wants to take this to January 20, 2021 hes going to have to deal with almost two years of an unpaid military. History shows that people who don’t pay the guys who know how to do shooty things don’t last long

I doubt it'll be a military coup. Maybe the military will get involved, but not a full-on coup. Probably just them plotting a few schemes and threatening Trump, and trying to install someone else (Most likely Sanders due to his popularity) in place of Trump.

[San Lumen]

If it can last until 2020 when the US can boot out Trump then I guess that would be an intresting end to this trainwreck of a presidency.

If the government is in shutdown, do the people organising the voting get paid ?

Elections are run by states. The federal government is not involved. As a poll worker I get paid by the Board if elections

[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

Well that’s going to eat into his base.

It also mean that foreign governments are less likely to trust the US and we will might see another downgrade in our credit rating.

Trump is a very stupid president.

[Thermodolia]

Trump is also an idiot who doesn’t know the consequences of effectively saying “let them eat cake”. If Trump wants to take this to January 20, 2021 hes going to have to deal with almost two years of an unpaid military. History shows that people who don’t pay the guys who know how to do shooty things don’t last long

I doubt it'll be a military coup. Maybe the military will get involved, but not a full-on coup. Probably just them plotting a few schemes and threatening Trump, and trying to install someone else (Most likely Sanders due to his popularity) in place of Trump.

I think the pentagon would put more pressure on the republican senators to end this. It wouldn’t be a full on coup but it be a political/ legal coup.

If the military tried to install anyone it would be Mattis not Sanders

[San Lumen]

Well that’s going to eat into his base.

It also mean that foreign governments are less likely to trust the US and we will might see another downgrade in our credit rating.

Why does it matter if our credit rating is downgraded?

[Seangoli]

Trump says it can. Are you calling him a liar ?
And perhaps he is planning to do the same to the USA as he did with his companies: let it go bankrupt before he has to pay.

Trump is also an idiot who doesn’t know the consequences of effectively saying “let them eat cake”. If Trump wants to take this to January 20, 2021 hes going to have to deal with almost two years of an unpaid military. History shows that people who don’t pay the guys who know how to do shooty things don’t last long

Active military and most other military personnel are specifically paid even in cases of a shutdown through seperate appropriations bills. They are largely immune to the shutdown taking their pay, at least in the near term unless Trumpw were dumb enough to try and attach his wall to that bill. The Coastguard is an unfortunate casualty because they are not funded through the DoD, but through the DHS.

[San Lumen]

I doubt it'll be a military coup. Maybe the military will get involved, but not a full-on coup. Probably just them plotting a few schemes and threatening Trump, and trying to install someone else (Most likely Sanders due to his popularity) in place of Trump.

I think the pentagon would put more pressure on the republican senators to end this. It wouldn’t be a full on coup but it be a political/ legal coup.

If the military tried to install anyone it would be Mattis not Sanders

There is not going to be a coup of any kind. Enough with your fantasies