US Federal Government Shutdown Thread

[Strike 6,016]

2 minutes ago, thegeneral said:

Nice. Jealous.

I’m flying out of Newark which is never ideal late in the day but this is 100% these cocksmokes and their govt shutdown caused. The various ground stops and other cancelations piling up.

Good luck to you. Newark airport terminal I fly out of is one of the 7 rings of hell. At least they let us know early so I’m chilling in my room still.

To clarify, I'm a (student) pilot and am flying out of a GA airport, albeit one of the busiest GA airports in the country.  But not a commercial airport.  Still towered and tangentially affected by the ATC shortage but thus far I haven't had any ATC related delays in my flights.  So not really the same circumstances you're dealing with.  I was just busting balls a little bit.  Good luck on your flight.

[thegeneral 3,595]

5 minutes ago, Strike said:

To clarify, I'm a (student) pilot and am flying out of a GA airport, albeit one of the busiest GA airports in the country.  But not a commercial airport.  Still towered and tangentially affected by the ATC shortage but thus far I haven't had any ATC related delays in my flights.  So not really the same circumstances you're dealing with.  I was just busting balls a little bit.  Good luck on your flight.

Lol no worries…and that’s pretty cool.

We all knew this crap was coming so I’m just accepting it as there’s nothing I can do along with some other co-workers traveling home on same flight. When it’s 3 am east coast time when I land at home I’ll prolly not be so golly gee whiz about this

I wanted to party with friends last night I never get to see so I took this late flight which is always dicey in good situations, just not this bad.

[Maximum Overkill 2,439]

STOP THE MADNESS CHUCK!!!

PEOPLE ARE DYING OF STARVATION IN THE STREETS. 

[HellToupee 2,214]

35 minutes ago, Maximum Overkill said:

STOP THE MADNESS CHUCK!!!

PEOPLE ARE DYING OF STARVATION IN THE STREETS. 

The dems won’t do it

[thegeneral 3,595]

1 minute ago, HellToupee said:

The dems won’t do it

Schumer offered a one year extension for ACA credits. Got turned down. Good luck explaining that to voters while Don is blowing a hundred grand in security golfing today.

[HellToupee 2,214]

15 minutes ago, thegeneral said:

Schumer offered a one year extension for ACA credits. Got turned down. Good luck explaining that to voters while Don is blowing a hundred grand in security golfing today.

What happens when the year is up?

[thegeneral 3,595]

25 minutes ago, HellToupee said:

What happens when the year is up?

You deal with that then. Maybe Don will have his plan by then. He’s been crafting it for a decade.

[squistion 2,529]

32 minutes ago, thegeneral said:

Schumer offered a one year extension for ACA credits. Got turned down. Good luck explaining that to voters while Don is blowing a hundred grand in security golfing today.

It is hard to imagine any worse optics for Trump, Mike Johnson and Republicans than what we have seen in the last week.

Start with the multi-million dollar Great Gatsby themed party held at Mar-a-Lago, the same evening that Trump cuts off SNAP benefits.

The Great Gatsby? Really? Who came up with that idea? Had any of them actually read the book and understood that was a critique of the moral emptiness and carelessness of the wealthy during The Roaring Twenties? 

And that was followed by Trump flying down to Florida again this weekend to play golf amid airline flights being cancelled in around the country because he is trying to force Democrats to capitulate and give him everything he wants. 

The actions of Trump and Republicans seem really callous and tone deaf to the hardships they are causing Americans. Do they really think their antics will be popular with most Americans? I just can't see it, and maybe I'll be wrong, but this looks likely to blow up in their faces with negative short term and long term consequences (2026 elections). 

[The Real timschochet 7,441]

1 hour ago, thegeneral said:

You deal with that then. Maybe Don will have his plan by then. He’s been crafting it for a decade.

Still in the concepts of a plan stage. 

[thegeneral 3,595]

2 minutes ago, The Real timschochet said:

Still in the concepts of a plan stage. 

So apparently today he said the government should send a check to everyone in the US for health care and people buy their own.

Single payer!

[HellToupee 2,214]

46 minutes ago, thegeneral said:

So apparently today he said the government should send a check to everyone in the US for health care and people buy their own.

Single payer!

Might as well give to everyone. Why do I have to pay full boat and others get subsidized . I want mines too. And while we are at it let’s get this Andrew Yang checks out there. 

[thegeneral 3,595]

27 minutes ago, HellToupee said:

Might as well give to everyone. Why do I have to pay full boat and others get subsidized . I want mines too. And while we are at it let’s get this Andrew Yang checks out there. 

This would be part of Trump’s plan that he has been  formulating.

[HellToupee 2,214]

Fock this 

 

“Ocasio-Cortez declared the Government will REMAIN CLOSED until *EVERY SINGLE* illegal alien has access to free healthcare.

“I didn’t vote for this, and neither did the 80 million Americans who elected President Trump,” GOP Rep. Ronny Jackson said.”