Your Federal Government Shutdown Thread

[Gaspar]

If Pelosi and Reid had tried to pass a budget after the midterms, you would have been foaming at the mouth and yelling about how they weren't respecting the will of the American people. Moreover, that's just lame deflection. The budget we're arguing over is only good until October. The exact same argument would be happening in the fall/winter instead of now.

Well smile, why do anything!

If they had attempted to pass ANYTHING I am 100% confident it would have added to the deficit, so yeah I probably would have been yelling.    But I don't think that they are that afraid of me. . . are they?

Who do they fear?  What kept them from passing a budget in their own image???

Oh Yeah, I remember we were in a recession and Liberal budgets require acquisition of support through expansion of government programs, and with Obamacare poised to eat everything at the table, there were no crumbs to cast a budget from, and their boss would have frowned upon anything that may jeopardize his steaming heap.

Or it could have been me?  Who knows.

[nathanm]

..insults don't help anybody..

[Cats Cats Cats]

Lets cut 5% from everything...

[we vs us]

Who do they fear?  What kept them from passing a budget in their own image???

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/104635-dems-wont-pass-budget

"In the scheduled address to the progressive think tank The Third Way, Hoyer will acknowledge that the lower chamber will do things differently this election year.

“It isn’t possible to debate and pass a realistic, long-term budget until we’ve considered the bipartisan commission’s deficit-reduction plan, which is expected in December,” according to Hoyer’s prepared remarks that were provided to The Hill."

Result:  they passed a budget enforcement resolution which continued spending through the midterms, with the intent to revisit spending after Simpson-Bowles came out.  

The Republicans took over the house before that could happen.

[Cats Cats Cats]

http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&ArticleId=19203

In a slightly unrelated note.  They passed a bill removing the 1099 requirement for 2012.  So YAY.

[Cats Cats Cats]

Here is what the Tea party has to say about it

[Gaspar]

http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&ArticleId=19203

In a slightly unrelated note.  They passed a bill removing the 1099 requirement for 2012.  So YAY.

Wont that help the evil rich?

[guido911]

..insults don't help anybody..

Yeah (except when its "teabaggers" of course, right Nate?)

[nathanm]

Yeah (except when its "teabaggers" of course, right Nate?)

Not my fault they named themselves that. You'll note that I usually call them "Tea Partiers" or "Tea Partyists", though.

[guido911]

Not my fault they named themselves that. You'll note that I usually call them "Tea Partiers" or "Tea Partyists", though.

Oh THAT'S why you called them teabaggers. You were not trying to be derogatory or insulting. Whatever.

[we vs us]

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/04/08/135236360/the-shutdown-and-the-deficit





Seems like a pretty small amount to shut the government down over.

[Red Arrow]

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/04/08/135236360/the-shutdown-and-the-deficit

Seems like a pretty small amount to shut the government down over.

$33B, $66B, WTH $100B.  It's all small change when there are sacred cows on both sides.

[Gaspar]

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/04/08/135236360/the-shutdown-and-the-deficit





Seems like a pretty small amount to shut the government down over.

Agree!

[Hoss]

Oh THAT'S why you called them teabaggers. You were not trying to be derogatory or insulting. Whatever.

Full on AW alert!  Whoop!  Whoop!

[Cats Cats Cats]

GOP proposes $35b in cuts to US spending

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2011/02/10/gop_proposes_35b_in_cuts_to_us_spending/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Top+political+stories

Democrats: Ok here is 33 billion.

GOP: ERRR I mean 60 billion now...