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Another “government shutdown” looms if Democrats’ pet programs are not funded.

Posted by $ CBJ 8 years ago to Politics
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“The fact that Republicans need Democrats to vote for a temporary spending measure to avoid a shutdown gives Democrats leverage to force the GOP to abandon plans to attack funding for environmental programs and Planned Parenthood.”

As I see it, Republicans have three alternatives:

1) “Compromise” with the Democrats, which will guarantee big government as usual for the foreseeable future, as the Democrats can employ the same tactics every time the debt ceiling is reached.

2) Dust off the “trillion dollar coin” strategy proposed about five years ago. It appears to be legal, it would not increase the national debt and it would not require additional interest payments.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trillio...

3) Call their bluff. Trump would have lots of leeway on which government programs get funded and which do not. It would be great fun to see a massive reduction of funding for programs that benefit the Democrats’ core constituencies.

Option 3 would be preferable and option 2 would be an improvement on the current situation. Unfortunately, option 1 is the most likely.

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  • Posted by $ CBJ 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Many government employees perform functions that do not deserve the term "productive". Paying them to do nothing might actually be a net benefit to the economy.
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  • Posted by $ AJAshinoff 8 years ago
    A government shutdown is great in theory. Unfortunately they provide each employee with retroactive back pay for the duration of the shutdown. We save nothing but we do waste a lot of productive time.
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    I feel your pain.
    Not because Slick Willie once said that.
    Unlike Slick Willie, I'm telling the truth.
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    I agree on Option 3. The Dems use this fear controller over and over again.
    It only serves to make the GOP look weak, cowardly and stupid as illustrated in what has to be my favorite editorial cartoon~
    http://comicallyincorrect.com/2014/12...
    Call the bluff. Tell the control freak fascist Dems to do their worst and to go to hell while they're at it. In the meantime, the GOP needs to make a loud noise about exactly what the Jackass Party is doing and why. Add that they care more about power than the American people.
    Will this happen? Me dino does not think so. It takes a spine to do such things and the mainstream GOP is a weaselly rat pack of gutless cowards. I'm beyond fed up with the curs.
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  • Posted by freedomforall 8 years ago
    Simple solution: No negotiations with terrorists.

    However, I agree with you CBJ, the con-gress is filled with gutless, statist looting eunuchs. The cowards will continue to waste the peoples' scarce resources until the country is as bankrupt as Bernie Madoff.
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  • Posted by Dobrien 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    After thinking about it .Instead of cahones I should have said Reardon metal spheres. Have a great day
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  • Posted by $ WilliamShipley 8 years ago
    Option 3 would be wonderful and make Obama look like the ass he is. When there was a "shutdown" under Obama's watch the government went to great lengths to make it as painful as possible closing parks that didn't need extra money to stay open, putting cones on the roadside 'closing' the view etc.

    If the Dems shut the government down, Trump can do what every business does when it is running short -- prioritize spending the revenue that is available. He might have to lay off areas he doesn't want anyway but you can bet he won't make a point of making it painful.
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  • Posted by $ CBJ 8 years ago
    I think Trump would hesitate to use option 3, the government “shutdown”, because of the possibility he would receive most of the blame for any inconvenience and hardship it may cause. On the other hand, option 1 (the “compromise” option) would make him appear weak and would not go over well with most of his hard-core supporters. I think Trump might actually favor option 2, the “trillion dollar coin”, as it would solve the short-term budget crisis while neutralizing any leverage the Democrats might have for influencing Trump’s budget priorities.
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    I would go in a heartbeat, and clean house, except for the little fact I am no good at money grubbing people. They have made the money gate so huge now you really do have to sell your soul to the devil to get there...which is exactly why we get what we get. Even State representative is an expensive proposition now. But thanks for the kind words...I appreciate it.
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years ago
    I just wish California would succeed just to see an end to Felony Pelosi, and New York fall into a big hole so we don't need to hear from Schumar again...it just gets so crass after a while...almost as bad as HillaryBeasts whining..
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years ago
    CBJ, I would say your analysis is correct, option 1 is most likely, given their performance to date and the Healthcare debacle as an example of their total inability to get behind an issue. Option 2 is just smoke and mirrors, almost as if they wrote a law to allow for smoke and mirrors, which begins to head down the road of a shadow government funding itself with fake money (or the idea that all money is fake to start with). Option 3 has no hope of happening, given the Dumbocraps apparent control of the media, total lack of knowledge and facts used by their supporters, and the sheer volume of crying and whining they generate. No one has the cuhones to tell them to STFU and go to your safe space.
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  • Posted by $ CBJ 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    I agree. A permanent "shutdown" of three or four cabinet departments would do wonders for the deficit, in addition to promoting swamp drainage.
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  • Posted by Dobrien 8 years ago
    Hi CBJ,
    I say option 3.
    Don't compromise with the left. You get no credit or compromise from them.
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