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Originally Posted by Focal
Aren't they anticipating the stock market to crash if this lapses the debt ceiling deadline in two weeks? Kinda a big deal LOL.
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This just won't happen right now, should the shut down last that long, which I doubt, they'll pass a stop gap to raise the ceiling to continue paying for critical services and prevent default while they continue to argue about the budget.
There has been, 17 government shutdowns since 1977. We're still here and the world hasn't ended, it's not going to this time.
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Originally Posted by WebSlave
Maybe this would be a real good time for everyone to REALLY look at what is absolutely ESSENTIAL from the federal government, and then stick with it permanently. Yeah, I know people will be out of work, but why should the federal government be immune from the same belt tightening that private businesses have to go through when things get tough for them?
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The federal government employs around 2.7 million civilians. If they shut down everything that they do which they do not have a constitutionally granted power to do it would become a mere fraction of that total.
If at the same time they withdrew their incessant interference in private business, and stopped actively discouraging domestic production by means of high corporate taxes, incentive to foreign companies, and endless regulatory hoops to even operate, then the number of available jobs would more than make up for the jobs lost by trimming the bloated government.
Then problem is they crave power and control, and the more they get the more they want, and once gotten they will fiercely hold on to it.
The American people have sat idly by for over a hundred years and allowed them to usurp power and authority they were not granted by our constitution.
Before the so called "progressives" started infecting the system with their poison, many bills that today would be embraced were vetoed out of hand by past presidents.
Our federal government was not intended to be a caretaker of the people, but rather a protector, but by being such they assume complete power over them so that position was orchestrated through all manner of government aid and subsidies.
This shutdown is solely over Obamacare, which to me is a worthwhile reason to stand your ground. Even though I fully expect the GOP to cave before it's over, I also believe that Obamacare has the real potential to be the single most devastating piece of legislation in the nation's history. It's already resulted in tremendous damage to the nation's working class and it isn't even fully implemented yet.