The government shuts down. Another spectacular MAGA failure.

[MajorRewrite]

More flight delays caused by air traffic controller shortages.

The Federal Aviation Administration reported staffing issues at airports in Nashville, Boston, Dallas, Chicago and Philadelphia, and at its air traffic control centers in Atlanta, Houston and the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The agency temporarily slowed takeoffs of planes headed to the first three cities.

Expect lots more “sick days” taken by federal employees who aren’t being paid.

 

[MajorRewrite]

I've never felt any effect from a shutdown, nor have most people.

Only nonessential discretionary spending is impacted by shutdowns, which is a small fraction of government spending.

 

[SkyBubble]

It looks like you might get a chance to put that simplistic theory to a test.

Give it time.

Not likely.

 

[SkyBubble]

Only nonessential discretionary spending is impacted by shutdowns, which is a small fraction of government spending.

Which begs the question: Why do we have government employees and programs that aren't essential?

 

[MajorRewrite]

Which begs the question: Why do we have government employees and programs that aren't essential?

Because Congress and Presidents have wanted them.

And you’re deflecting from your previous statement.

 

[ll74]

Which begs the question: Why do we have government employees and programs that aren't essential?

A very insincere question to say the least.

If you're too stupid to understand what essential means, you probably don't deserve to be part of the discussion.

 

[Bn2f]

I've never felt any effect from a shutdown, nor have most people. What they're erally afraid of is that if this goes on for a while, we might realize that we can live perfectly fine with less government.

When it’s a rainy night in Georgia it can seem like it’s raining all over the world. Childlike thinking here.

 

[SkyBubble]

 

[PersonalFavors]

That's one way of rephrasing "the ACA put a stop to fraudulent policies that didn't really cover anything, and stopped the insurance industry from prioritizing profit over health." But why would you want to put it that way?

Here is an article that describes the cost of the fraud quite well.
https://archive.is/CobXM

 

[PersonalFavors]

I've never felt any effect from a shutdown, nor have most people. What they're really afraid of is that if this goes on for a while, we might realize that we can live perfectly fine with less government.

You obviously have never worked for the government. While this is a good time to visualize what government is like with the non-essential sidelined it is not near as simple as you think.
Before this shutdown government employees are required to report to work in the office. Government contractors are still working from home. The lines of 'essential' and 'non-essential' have been blurred quite a while.
All of these employees, contractors and essential, non-essential are not getting paid after October 1st. In previous shutdowns I worked through as essential all pay was funded once the shutdown was over. All employees, contractors and essential, non-essential got paid. Only they had to sustain while pay checks were not steady. The way this law is written is discretionary and also blurs the law regarding right to work and how a government employee is terminated. Discretionary in that after the shutdown how back pay is funded is in the budget that restarts funding. Not privy to the actual law I am not sure how much influence the President has on the restart or back pay. The media and the idiots here would have you believe it is entirely up to the President. Nor has the budget Congress passed available to anyone but the Senate. Speculation is rampant.
For the entities like DHS which includes a mass number of .gov 3 letter agencies that were not included in DOGE, this seems like a good time to have a look at the non-essential and contractors. However, this will not happen. 1 DOGE is no more. 2 All these entities like DHS and all their 3 letter fiefdoms have not evaluated their budget. They continue to operate on the spend it or lose it formula that DOGE was designed to root out.
I am truly disappointed these evaluations are not occurring. The lazy essential 'workers' continue to enjoy their entitled status while the essential that actually do the work are working. While there are several contractors that are essential and for some reason working from home at the very least these positions should be evaluated.
Since none of this evaluation is taking place I believe that the time earned for the non-essential and contractors essential and not should not be paid. Most .gov contracts are paid upfront. So contractors on those type contracts are working as well. It is sad during every shutdown. I noticed all of the management and direction look the other way or protect their budget before they looked out for the taxpayer. We need DOGE at this point more than ever. OMB/Vought is only cutting waste. DOGE was able to get into the minutia and evaluate where the money went.
I hope the President while he is in control during a shutdown takes the time to be fiscal. He is doing great on law, order and boarder, but the financial benefits will not be visible in the economy in other than the market until next year. Seeing a big financial win scaling down government bloat as the opportunity is handed to him on a silver platter would be awesome. Schumer is unwilling to make decisions like this because he is frail and only there for the graft, which is why he is providing this opportunity.

 

[coati]

The MAGAts have proven once again that they do not know how to govern. Chaos and conflict now dominate our society.

Everything is a fucking crisis under the Reign of the Pig.