Anyone else worried this govt shutdown is permanent? I'm really not sure what is going to end this mess, at least

[LymphocyteLover]

in a non-violent manner.

Does the MSM care???

[haele]

1. As permanent as Mike Johnson can make it.

The GOP Congress is "perfectly" happy to collect their pay and perks while people are starving or dying from lack of access to health care or shelter.

All these perfect Christians truly believe 90% of the American people need assistance or are poor from poor choices, and they all need to have their "foolish" ideas about freedom and independence from the proper order of things beaten out of them.
The rarely spoken feeling is that the American general population are either stupid or criminals, and really don't deserve anything they can't pay for.

[LymphocyteLover]

8. it's so goddamn sick, it makes me sick thinking about it

[Johonny]

2. Eventually the government cant write IOUs

And system collapse will occur. Many companies are running debt on the promise the government will pay them. This won't continue forever.

[LymphocyteLover]

7. Yes, one would think. But seems likely the White House will make corrupt private deals to keep key companies afloat

What happens with SS and medicare is another matter

[Johonny]

10. The White House only has IOUs

They have no money to give. They are writing exception letters. Eventually companies can only be so leveraged. Once that point hits, furloughs occur. The longer it goes, the more furloughs occur.

[LymphocyteLover]

11. this obscene GOP Congress has given them all the money they want, no questions asked

[usonian]

3. Mike has begun the general strike!!

Ends when Epstein shit hits the fan. Andrew was the first domino to fall.



Down they all go.

[Fiendish Thingy]

4. No, I'm not worried it will be permanent

Either the Dems will cave and the shutdown will end, or they will stay the course, the subsidies will expire and the republicans will cave.

It will be over by the new year, probably sooner.

[NeoTrajan]

5. Nothing is permanent

Nothing

[LymphocyteLover]

6. well, relatively permanent, in terms of having a functional govt while Dump is POTUS

[JustAnotherGen]

9. Essentially

We don't have a functional House of Representatives.

Article 1, Section 5
Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other Place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.

Unfortunately, there's no mechanism for the American people to call it a failed government and hold a new election.

[thought crime]

12. Trump seems happy with it, that's for sure.

[orangecrush]

13. Congress has been effectively dissolved

Now the pig is off the leash.

[LymphocyteLover]

14. Seems like! Fuck....