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Shut down averted (for now)

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by Sohogator, Sep 30, 2023.

  1. uftaipan

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    That’s fine. Ukraine is currently funded. It will just have to be a stand-alone bill for the next aid package. The Congress overwhelmingly supports Ukraine.
     
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  2. G8tas

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    Does anyone know if the Senate included the congress cost of living increase like the house did?
     
  3. Gator515151

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  4. gator_lawyer

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    Didn't he vote yay on the resolution?

    EDIT: And I'm seeing that he didn't pull a fire alarm in the Capitol. So I'm not sure how it would successfully obstruct any voting happening in Congress.
     
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  5. GatorJMDZ

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    Read, learn...stop shooting from the hip with the aim of Stevie Wonder.:

     
  6. Gator515151

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    To the idiots on the board who think one pulls a fire alarm by accident...Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. I remember in high school when there was a rash of fire alarms on finals days. Sounds like a childrens stunt to me.
     
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  7. mutz87

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    Curious about who here thought it was by accident?
     
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  9. vaxcardinal

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    I was looking forward to more paid vacation. Oh well, got to hope we get a shutdown next month
     
  10. danmanne65

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    I didn’t. Nothing that any miscreant we elect to congresses actions surprise me.
     
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  12. GatorJMDZ

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    It's rich you are calling people idiots when you didn't have a clue what building he was in when the alarm was activated and you still wanted to send him off to prison for years.

    Irony.
     
  13. duggers_dad

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    Too bad.
     
  14. gator_lyn

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    I have been out of the political loop for a while. Today I decide to read up on what happened regarding the shutdown. I look up Matt Gaetz and the first thing that catches my eye is that this is a Florida Rep.

    Do we really claim this doofus? I mean, he's got that permanent Jack Nicholson-Joker look
     
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  15. partdopy

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    You have to pass it to find out what's in it.
     
  16. gaterzfan

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    Lol ….. Bowman just followed the democrat caucus guidelines and what is simply instinctive for a progressive: “If ever confronted with a locked door, activate the building’s fire alarm to open the door.”
     
  17. partdopy

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    Yes every dollar spent by the government should be audited so it isn't wasted. Living in the real world I would be reprimanded if I tried to expense a beer at lunch meanwhile these people throw money all over with no accountability. I guess it makes sense since it really has no value, it's just paper they can print at will.

    Gives me an idea, public officials should get higher salaries, nice pensions, etc... but never be allowed to own a non cash asset outside of one primary residence. Maybe benchmark their raises to the inflation rate goal the Fed has, so 2%. Bet you they'd be clamoring to fix inflation then, and definitely not measuring it using their phony math.
     
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  18. danmanne65

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    And the first place you are going to start is in the Ukraine? An area that we can see the tangible benefits we are getting for our spending. We are basically emptying warehouses of old weapons. The benefit we will get is lower defense spending long term.
     
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  19. partdopy

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    It should start everywhere. It's unfortunate that having control over budgeting and spending has been so neglected that doing it will result in suffering but there's no way to avoid that. Either suffer now or suffer much worse later.

    They're doing the same thing with SS. Either fix it now, via something bipartisan like raising the cap and raising the retirement age, they'll instead probably wait until they have one month left for SS to need to cut to 75% of benefits before printing more money to "pay back" the SS fund. Of course this will result in similar inflation to what we saw during the last great money printing (sorry, pandemic) and they'll come up with new math to shut down honest discourse. After all, if we can all substitute dog food for groceries did our food at home cost really go up? Not on a per calorie level. Yay no inflation!

    Edit- fix phone typos
     
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  20. gaterzfan

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    Interesting re the “lower defense spending long term”. Is there a detailed objective substantive analysis that reflects this lower spending (resulting from aid to Ukraine) and when and to what degree the current policy will result in lower defense spending. Has the Biden administration published this report?