Congressional Shutdown
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iannis
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Another thing that makes me think "coincidence?" is that the poll spread here and the poll spread in the ACA YES/NO is pretty similar.
I'd venture to guess that 2 out of 3 posters on this board don't vote Republican -- although they may not vote Democrat either.
I'd venture to guess that 2 out of 3 posters on this board don't vote Republican -- although they may not vote Democrat either.
chaos
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Do you think that security guards are considered "essential?"
Of course it makes sense. They can't maintain these parks while they are shutdown. So if a whole bunch of "the greatest generation" decide to throw a kegger at the WW2 memorial, they won't be able to clean up after them, or perform anything more than emergency repairs and maintenance, or run other services that these parks rely on.
There is really just no excuse for you to buy this shit wholesale from Fox or whoever. It is a fake controversy, the real controversy being Congress expecting to negotiate in order to do their Constitutionally mandated job.
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I am surprised nobody seems to consider the financial part of this. At a personal level if they keep shitting the bed and play a game of chicken with the country, you will lose money. The dollar has already dropped this week a fair amount vs other currency, if they keep the shut down going and don't pass the debt ceiling as well you may get to have some time off.. "YAY I'M TARDED" but the money you have saved up is going to be worth less than it is right now, lets say if we keep acting like cunts and the rest of the world decides as an example to view the Euro as a safer option all that money that you have saved up isn't going to go as far as you may hope.
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I assume this shit goes on as a way to attract actual bribes. They're fishing for some groups with vulnerable interests. Kill hostages until someone offers to pay extra under the table just to do their job.
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It's pretty interesting, actually. In a week, we could hit a brick wall that will likely be much worse than the Great Recession. I suspect the first order of business will be to prioritize debt payments over any other expenditure, but I've read that there may be technical barriers at treasury that might not allow this. Obviously, when the payment system was programmed, nobody thought this would ever be necessary.
If treasury were to not outright ignore the debt ceiling, I wonder just how bad this might get. There are a lot of funds (especially pension funds) that are required to hold a certain share of their assets in AAA rated debt. A serious risk of default obviously means the US loses that rating. So treasuries would no longer meet that requirement, which means there'd be no choice but to dump them in large quantities on the market. If you're wondering how to turn a recession into a depression, that's probably a pretty good start.
So there is that...
It's pretty interesting, actually. In a week, we could hit a brick wall that will likely be much worse than the Great Recession. I suspect the first order of business will be to prioritize debt payments over any other expenditure, but I've read that there may be technical barriers at treasury that might not allow this. Obviously, when the payment system was programmed, nobody thought this would ever be necessary.
If treasury were to not outright ignore the debt ceiling, I wonder just how bad this might get. There are a lot of funds (especially pension funds) that are required to hold a certain share of their assets in AAA rated debt. A serious risk of default obviously means the US loses that rating. So treasuries would no longer meet that requirement, which means there'd be no choice but to dump them in large quantities on the market. If you're wondering how to turn a recession into a depression, that's probably a pretty good start.