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Snarl
beezzer
Cancerwarrior
beezzer
reply to post by Wrabbit2000
reply to post by Cancerwarrior
I almost hope that they do withold all checks.
(now hear me out before the beatings commence)
If they do "hold out" and continue their stupid little theatre, then the only recourse for most would have to be to rely on a neighbor, a friend, a community.
I would pay people's bills (as much as I could afford) I would help feed those that went hungry. As would millions of others.
We would finally show DC that we don't effing NEED THEM!
I have to disagree. The "Screw you I got mine" mentality is very pervasive in this day and age. I believe you when you say you want to help, but most people are busy keeping their own heads above water and taking care of their own families.
I have a mother that has been helping out with gas to go for treatments and bills when we are short some months. Thank God for her is all I can say, if anything happens to her, care to help me out with the electric bill next month? Its turning cold here finally.
Just U2U me. It's all good.
Damn, Beezzer!! I trust you more than I trust my own government. Are you volunteering as an ATS focal point for financial aid?
What's more, if the shutdown lasts for more than two or three weeks, the Department of Veterans Affairs has said that it may not have enough money to pay disability claims and pension payments. That could affect some 3.6 million veterans.
Congress needs to pass a bill (or bills) to fund the government, and the White House has to sign them. They can do this at any time. Or they can sit at home and keep the government closed. Nothing requires them to do anything. It depends what sort of political pressure they're facing.
The 1.4 million active-service military members, meanwhile, will get paid no matter how long the shutdown lasts. That's because the House and Senate specifically passed a bill to guarantee active-duty military pay even when the government is closed. Obama signed it into law Monday night.
palmalBlue2
reply to post by AlienScience
Have to ask.....does the Economic shutdown start on the 17nth or until we 'officially' run out of money and actually start defaulting on or near Nov.1st?
You make some good points so I am responding even though it wasn't a reply to me. If we do raise the dept ceiling do you really think this will help? Short term it will but that only prolongs the inevitable and makes it worse when we do have to face the music. Irresponsible spending is what got us here. I believe tax revenue is more than enough to pay for necessities - not to fund other countries perhaps but to take care of our own it is.
If we must suffer a little bit now let it happen. I would rather do this than have my children to through something 10 times as bad in 5-10 years.