Damn them for not winning a no-win situation!

[Meowmee]

111. I listened to his reasoning on Chris Hayes' show

It seems if there is a shut down the executive branch, etc., and all the others get to do whatever they want to with no way to stop it. He didn’t elaborate on that so I’m not sure if that’s true or not. And if that was always the case. That if there is a shut down, all the power goes to the executive and the party in power. That would certainly be a worse situation than this although I don’t know how you could get even worse than this- it seems hard to believe.

Also, since they would have that extra power, they are the ones that decide when the shut down will end I suppose- it could go on forever while they keep destroying the government. Some have said that the courts will stay open, but I read that they will stay open for 35 days and then it will be bare bones. So what happens then if the shutdown goes longer than 35 days?

I think if you’re going to say this is what is going to happen and this is why I’m doing it. You should also explain exactly and specifically which laws, etc. are now allowing this to happen. I have never heard anything like that about a shutdown before.

If this is true, it just hammers home for me once again how crazy the system is here. The system is why you have any of this even happening because you have no standards for who can run for office.

I also wonder why anyone thinks R are going to be pressured to negotiate a better cr if there is a shutdown. I just don’t see that happening. I think they’re just intent on destroying and looting the government etc. any way they can. Short of eliminating their own jobs etc. You would have to have massive protests and social disruption in order for them to really feel pressure imo. In which case psycho could do the marshall law move etc.