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Senate Passes Short-Term Deal To Reopen Government, With Trump's Endorsement
President Trump has endorsed a bipartisan deal that would end the 35-day partial government shutdown. The three-week stopgap funding measure would reopen shuttered agencies while negotiations continue.
Trump announces deal to lift shutdown
President Donald Trump has endorsed a deal to reopen the US government for three weeks, after a record-breaking shutdown of federal agencies.
But the pact does not include any money that Mr Trump has demanded for a US-Mexico border wall.
See also: Dem senator unveils 'Stop STUPIDITY Act' to prevent all shutdowns
White House: 'Large down payment' on wall could end government shutdown
35 ways the shutdown is affecting America
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 26 2019, @02:33PM (3 children)
No air traffic control == no planes flying in US. And no IRS == no revenue for government at all.... And no FDA, so you can be served with some rotten shit and fuck you.... maybe you can buy Radithol again? I could go on and on ....
It's sad that you idiots don't know know what these public servants do.
How about fire the Army and then you at least have 3+ million fired that actually don't do anything productive? Would that put your panties in a bunch?
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 26 2019, @07:00PM (1 child)
1) No air traffic control == no planes flying in US
-Whats the history behind this? It seems like a bad idea.
2) no IRS == no revenue for government at al
- They can have the federal reserve or china loan them money, about 25% of the money comes from this anyway. They can also collect tariffs, etc. The US used to have no IRS, no selective service, and no federal reserve. These were all introduced because big US banks (eg, JP Morgan) had loaned craploads of money to the Britain/France/Russia for WWI and they wanted to make sure they would get paid back.
3) No FDA, so you can be served with some rotten shit and fuck you
- You could still sue in state courts, and most states/towns have their own versions of the epa and health departments.
So, I think your post betrays a false understanding of the world around you.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Monday January 28 2019, @03:58AM
You do realize that none of those were shut down by the shutdown? There's somewhere around 2.5 million civilian federal employees with 800k furloughed or required to work without pay. Plenty of people left to handle the small number of important federal government roles.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Saturday January 26 2019, @10:36PM
You're hitting the high points, and you're right. If you read carefully, I allocated 10% of the current furloughed workforce to provide those essential services, the other 90% shuffle documents and attend meetings about how to shuffle documents. It's nothing new, but it's not much improved from the time of Franz Khafka.
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