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originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
I agree completely. It's ridiculous to see that these 17 and 18 year old kids can't even save money while being shot at, but some guy gets paid $100M to chase a ball around a field for 5 years.
originally posted by: DanteGaland
a reply to: Planette
And it's the FIRST in our entire nation's history that a shutdown has happened under a ONE PARTY controlled government...
originally posted by: djz3ro
(I don't recall the UK Government ever shutting down, for instance)
originally posted by: djz3ro
originally posted by: DanteGaland
a reply to: Planette
And it's the FIRST in our entire nation's history that a shutdown has happened under a ONE PARTY controlled government...
This is what I don't understand. Obviously our stateside cousins do politics a little different to here in the UK (I don't recall the UK Government ever shutting down, for instance) but I thought a shutdown happened if the Reps and Dems couldn't come.to an agreement but if it's a one party government how can their be an impass that leads to shutdown?
originally posted by: SkeptiSchism
And it's all nonsense of course they've raised the debt ceiling limit over 70 times, so what's the point of having a moving ceiling? For that matter why do they even collect taxes?? They could just print up whatever they need and end taxation.
originally posted by: djz3ro
This is what I don't understand. Obviously our stateside cousins do politics a little different to here in the UK (I don't recall the UK Government ever shutting down, for instance) but I thought a shutdown happened if the Reps and Dems couldn't come.to an agreement but if it's a one party government how can their be an impass that leads to shutdown?
originally posted by: SkeptiSchism
And it's all nonsense of course they've raised the debt ceiling limit over 70 times, so what's the point of having a moving ceiling? For that matter why do they even collect taxes?? They could just print up whatever they need and end taxation.
originally posted by: Kocag
a reply to: FamCore
It word through threats of heavy punishment if the Soldier fails to continue working without pay. I remember when this happened while I was on active duty.
originally posted by: Aazadan
originally posted by: djz3ro
This is what I don't understand. Obviously our stateside cousins do politics a little different to here in the UK (I don't recall the UK Government ever shutting down, for instance) but I thought a shutdown happened if the Reps and Dems couldn't come.to an agreement but if it's a one party government how can their be an impass that leads to shutdown?
Republicans are too fractured to lead, they simply don't know how to govern. They spent 10 years as the opposition party, and that's all they really know how to do, and all they were prepared to do. Now that they're expected to govern, they can't do it because they have too many internal factions that are ideologically opposed to each other and they're no longer uniting over opposing the party in power but instead trying to push their factions agendas.