ONCE AGAIN, NOTHING’S REALLY “SHUTTING DOWN”
|| By FITSNEWS || The leader of what used to be the free world took to Twitter today to blast “Republicans” in Congress for yet another round of meaningless brinksmanship.
IMPORTANT: Congress is only one day away from another shutdown. #EnoughAlready pic.twitter.com/xz5DwiZ3Ef
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 26, 2015
Yeah … that’s Barack Obama, the U.S. president, hash-tagging “#EnoughAlready.”
Obama is referring to the looming “shutdown” of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), an agency whose funding was left out of the bipartisan budget boondoggle passed by a lame duck Congress in December.
But … pardon the familiarity of the question … “how much is enough?”
Remember, the last time there was a government “shutdown,” it turned out only 17 percent of the government actually shut down. Which is … you know … silly. Also, that “shutdown” actually helped the economy.
So what about this one? Glad you asked … assuming an agreement isn’t reached tomorrow, 30,000 DHS workers would be sent home. Of course another 210,000 DHS workers would show up for work.
And while the agency hasn’t released a specific breakdown, here’s some data referencing the estimates it released in advance of the 2013 “shutdown.”
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Again … is that a shutdown? Because it doesn’t look like one to us …
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This website oozes crapola . . .
You forgot (?) to mention that the 210,000 that will still be working, won’t get paid until the shutdown is over. It’s a real piss-off to have to work and still can’t make the mortgage or car payments, not to mention groceries.
The “free market” will take care of them OR they are a bunch of damn government bureaucrats,so who gives a rip?
Just trying out some Republican lines …..
Most streets have a curb for everyone to die on.
Good Democrat line.
They could always go get a job in the private sector if they don’t like it.
The private sector that provides services to military personnel and their families here in Colorado Springs would beg to differ. The last shutdown caused definite pain to us, but glad you have the answers, Boo hoo.
So you’re part of that Industrial Military Complex Ike warned us about.
Maybe just support or auxiliary civilian help to the IMC. They do help pay the bills ;-)
You bet they do, they help pay the bills for a lot of people that complain.
BTW retired Military here.
So you’re part of that Industrial Military Complex Ike warned us about.
Maybe you should consider getting a job in a private industry not sucking off the gov’t teat.
My business serves both civilians and active/retired military or anybody from any walk of life for that matter. Even your ignorant ass is welcome. Nice to know you’ll refuse any tax breaks, Medicare or social security in the future. Now run along, the adults are talking…
Nikki, is that you???
“working” for g’ment is like collecting welfare and food stamps but punching a clock, sometimes.
(Percentage wise, per-capita, g’ment employees collect more food stamps than any other group.)
Please “shutdown” TSA permanently.
The Sky Marshals could do all of that, fur sure. There never was any need for yet another armed agency to check folks’ underwear.
Maybe we can permanently shut down all those Homeland Security Police vehicles because there isn’t any immigration enforcement happening as projected in the picture.
To paraphrase Dave Ramsey, “If you are a government worker and don’t have an emergency fund, you are just plain stupid.”
Life, liberty and the pursuit of stupidity makes a lot of people happy until that emergency arrives.
I am more in favor of them shutting up than shutting down . . .
That’s a great idea but don’t stop with DHS, include every Government Department then we can create DOPE the Department of Propaganda/Enlightenment.
“… create DOPE the Department of Propaganda/Enlightenment. …”
What a hoot! … Good one. … Located in the Senate Office Building, right down the hall from the Small Animal Administration?
The DC Gruberment has been shut down since last Friday, eight days and counting … Global worming has dumped enough snow and cold and gloom of night that “all nonessential” g’ment employees are asked to stay home for the duration … and there is even more snow coming on top of the snow-jobs.