gov't stays open, stays busy

[butters]

On Thursday, the Senate passed a bill 65-35 to avoid a shutdown and fund the government through Dec. 3.

without raising debt ceiling


https://news.yahoo.com/senate-passes-government-funding-bill-180444148.html

 

[Dribble]

The solution is simple. Stop sending money to those states that accept more Federal funding than they pay. You know...use the Republican mantra on them...here is your budget...you pay this much...you get that much.

 

[Bud_Spencer]

The solution is simple. Stop sending money to those states that accept more Federal funding than they pay. You know...use the Republican mantra on them...here is your budget...you pay this much...you get that much.

Why is the federal government sending any money at all to any state?

 

[pecksniff]

Why is the federal government sending any money at all to any state?

Possibly because every member of Congress is from some state or other.

The matter is discussed in greater depth here.

 

[JohnnySavage]

What if the government shut down and nobody noticed?

"Government Shutdown" is just another name for "paid vacation for layabout government employees"

 

[RobDownSouth]

If we stopped sending Federal $$$ to Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky and especially West Virginia, these states would implode.

 

[pecksniff]

What if the government shut down and nobody noticed?

It's happened before. Somebody always noticed.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Furlough government air traffic controllers for one week and I garon-damn-tee you we'd never have a government shutdown again.

 

[pecksniff]

Furlough government air traffic controllers for one week and I garon-damn-tee you we'd never have a government shutdown again.

Don't give the Pubs ideas about air traffic controllers! We know where that leads!