How the Republican Government shutdown works

[TheOldSchool]

Its strange....the Republicans control Congress now and the only tool they have in their toolbox is the threat of shutting down government

Then they are outraged when services are not available.
"What do you mean the park is closed?"

The president gets to choose what park gets closed. Kinda like Obama choose to close a ww2 memorial to veterans and choose to reopen it for an illegal immigrant rally.

No he doesn't

Each agency must provide a list of those jobs and functions deemed essential and those deemed non-essential
Surprisingly....Parks have been identified as a "non-essential" government function

Why didn't Clinton close it when the government shut down during his presidency?

Most likely because it didn't exist.

You got me on that one, but Clinton didn't close the park system down that I remember.

If he didn't he should have, since there's no one there to protect or maintain them.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Every time that someone in Washington tries to do the responsible thing and rein in Federal spending even SLIGHTLY you folks on the left who love big government start hyperventilating about how cutting government programs will be the end of world as we know it!

Barack Obama's put this country further in debt than most of the Presidents who preceded him combined! Spending money on a budget you can't afford is easy...you're just kicking the can down the road for someone else to deal with...a specialty of this President!

Can you name the specific Obama programs that led to this massive debt?

I'd like to see them

4 trillion of his 8 trillion went to wall street.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Every time that someone in Washington tries to do the responsible thing and rein in Federal spending even SLIGHTLY you folks on the left who love big government start hyperventilating about how cutting government programs will be the end of world as we know it!

Barack Obama's put this country further in debt than most of the Presidents who preceded him combined! Spending money on a budget you can't afford is easy...you're just kicking the can down the road for someone else to deal with...a specialty of this President!

Can you name the specific Obama programs that led to this massive debt?

I'd like to see them

4 trillion of his 8 trillion went to wall street.

Hey it'll trickle down right?

 

[Oldstyle]

Every time that someone in Washington tries to do the responsible thing and rein in Federal spending even SLIGHTLY you folks on the left who love big government start hyperventilating about how cutting government programs will be the end of world as we know it!

Barack Obama's put this country further in debt than most of the Presidents who preceded him combined! Spending money on a budget you can't afford is easy...you're just kicking the can down the road for someone else to deal with...a specialty of this President!

Can you name the specific Obama programs that led to this massive debt?

I'd like to see them

Are you disputing the fact that the money has been spent? Seriously?

 

[hadit]

While they're at it, they should simply refuse to raise the debt ceiling. There is no need to worry about defaulting on the debt, there's more than enough revenue coming in to cover those payments.

 

[Moonglow]

CR after CR is no way to run the government idiot left-winger; but you dummies will never admit it.

if you want people to understand something dullard, tell the whole story

Congress won't pass a budget?

 

[jknowgood]

The president gets to choose what park gets closed. Kinda like Obama choose to close a ww2 memorial to veterans and choose to reopen it for an illegal immigrant rally.

No he doesn't

Each agency must provide a list of those jobs and functions deemed essential and those deemed non-essential
Surprisingly....Parks have been identified as a "non-essential" government function

Why didn't Clinton close it when the government shut down during his presidency?

Most likely because it didn't exist.

You got me on that one, but Clinton didn't close the park system down that I remember.

If he didn't he should have, since there's no one there to protect or maintain them.

People were less reliant on government back then.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

You forgot to mention how the world spins off its axis and everyone dies, except the Republicans of course.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Every time that someone in Washington tries to do the responsible thing and rein in Federal spending even SLIGHTLY you folks on the left who love big government start hyperventilating about how cutting government programs will be the end of world as we know it!

Barack Obama's put this country further in debt than most of the Presidents who preceded him combined! Spending money on a budget you can't afford is easy...you're just kicking the can down the road for someone else to deal with...a specialty of this President!

Can you name the specific Obama programs that led to this massive debt?

I'd like to see them

4 trillion of his 8 trillion went to wall street.

Hey it'll trickle down right?

No, because its debt and yes, I have been against every stimulus, bank bailout, wall street bailout that both of these worthless administrations have been involved in.

 

[rightwinger]

Every time that someone in Washington tries to do the responsible thing and rein in Federal spending even SLIGHTLY you folks on the left who love big government start hyperventilating about how cutting government programs will be the end of world as we know it!

Barack Obama's put this country further in debt than most of the Presidents who preceded him combined! Spending money on a budget you can't afford is easy...you're just kicking the can down the road for someone else to deal with...a specialty of this President!

Can you name the specific Obama programs that led to this massive debt?

I'd like to see them

4 trillion of his 8 trillion went to wall street.

Interesting point

Do you have a link that the debt is due to quantitative easing?

 

[thereisnospoon]

The overall goal is to defund everything and throw granny onto the street. They don't think we need science institutions, investment or much of anything. Fuck roads they say!

These idiots are dumb.

Correct!.....Sheesh....What a fuckin loser.

 

[rightwinger]

Its strange....the Republicans control Congress now and the only tool they have in their toolbox is the threat of shutting down government

Then they are outraged when services are not available.
"What do you mean the park is closed?"

The president gets to choose what park gets closed. Kinda like Obama choose to close a ww2 memorial to veterans and choose to reopen it for an illegal immigrant rally.

No he doesn't

Each agency must provide a list of those jobs and functions deemed essential and those deemed non-essential
Surprisingly....Parks have been identified as a "non-essential" government function

Why didn't Clinton close it when the government shut down during his presidency?

That was a good one....Gingrich shut down government because he had to ride in the back of Airforce One

Why, out of all government functions, are Republicans only concerned about parks?



.

 

[jknowgood]

Its strange....the Republicans control Congress now and the only tool they have in their toolbox is the threat of shutting down government

Then they are outraged when services are not available.
"What do you mean the park is closed?"

The president gets to choose what park gets closed. Kinda like Obama choose to close a ww2 memorial to veterans and choose to reopen it for an illegal immigrant rally.

No he doesn't

Each agency must provide a list of those jobs and functions deemed essential and those deemed non-essential
Surprisingly....Parks have been identified as a "non-essential" government function

Why didn't Clinton close it when the government shut down during his presidency?

That was a good one....Gingrich shut down government because he had to ride in the back of Airforce One

Why, out of all government functions, are Republicans only concerned about parks?

Obama went out of his way to make the average american suffer, because he is an immature little brat. That's why.

 

[rightwinger]

Its strange....the Republicans control Congress now and the only tool they have in their toolbox is the threat of shutting down government

Then they are outraged when services are not available.
"What do you mean the park is closed?"

The president gets to choose what park gets closed. Kinda like Obama choose to close a ww2 memorial to veterans and choose to reopen it for an illegal immigrant rally.

No he doesn't

Each agency must provide a list of those jobs and functions deemed essential and those deemed non-essential
Surprisingly....Parks have been identified as a "non-essential" government function

Why didn't Clinton close it when the government shut down during his presidency?

That was a good one....Gingrich shut down government because he had to ride in the back of Airforce One

Why, out of all government functions, are Republicans only concerned about parks?

Obama went out of his way to make the average american suffer, because he is an immature little brat. That's why.

Closing parks is suffering?
How about delaying medical claims, retiree benefits or closing counselling centers?

 

[thereisnospoon]

Its strange....the Republicans control Congress now and the only tool they have in their toolbox is the threat of shutting down government

Then they are outraged when services are not available.
"What do you mean the park is closed?"

Ahh...The POTUS decides which services are cut. Which employees are furloughed. Entirely within the purview of the POTUS.
CR's are a shitty lazy and politically sneaky way of funding government. Without a real budget, the spending has no direction. No true limit.
Dems LOVE this. Dems enjoy having no rules.
And when petulant individuals in political office don't get what they want, they hit back where it hurts the most.

 

[jknowgood]

The president gets to choose what park gets closed. Kinda like Obama choose to close a ww2 memorial to veterans and choose to reopen it for an illegal immigrant rally.

No he doesn't

Each agency must provide a list of those jobs and functions deemed essential and those deemed non-essential
Surprisingly....Parks have been identified as a "non-essential" government function

Why didn't Clinton close it when the government shut down during his presidency?

That was a good one....Gingrich shut down government because he had to ride in the back of Airforce One

Why, out of all government functions, are Republicans only concerned about parks?

Obama went out of his way to make the average american suffer, because he is an immature little brat. That's why.

Closing parks is suffering?
How about delaying medical claims, retiree benefits or closing counselling centers?

All unnecessary government jobs are cut. Guess who picks what's unnecessary? Obama thought it was necessary to put guards up at the ww2 war memorial to keep veterans away from it.

 

[rightwinger]

Its strange....the Republicans control Congress now and the only tool they have in their toolbox is the threat of shutting down government

Then they are outraged when services are not available.
"What do you mean the park is closed?"

Ahh...The POTUS decides which services are cut. Which employees are furloughed. Entirely within the purview of the POTUS.
CR's are a shitty lazy and politically sneaky way of funding government. Without a real budget, the spending has no direction. No true limit.
Dems LOVE this. Dems enjoy having no rules.
And when petulant individuals in political office don't get what they want, they hit back where it hurts the most.

The president is only authorized to keep essential government functions open during a shutdown. That is the law


What in your mind makes parks essential?

 

[rightwinger]

No he doesn't

Each agency must provide a list of those jobs and functions deemed essential and those deemed non-essential
Surprisingly....Parks have been identified as a "non-essential" government function

Why didn't Clinton close it when the government shut down during his presidency?

That was a good one....Gingrich shut down government because he had to ride in the back of Airforce One

Why, out of all government functions, are Republicans only concerned about parks?

Obama went out of his way to make the average american suffer, because he is an immature little brat. That's why.

Closing parks is suffering?
How about delaying medical claims, retiree benefits or closing counselling centers?

All unnecessary government jobs are cut. Guess who picks what's unnecessary? Obama thought it was necessary to put guards up at the ww2 war memorial to keep veterans away from it.

Security is identified as an essential function. Opening the parks is not

 

[jknowgood]

Why didn't Clinton close it when the government shut down during his presidency?

That was a good one....Gingrich shut down government because he had to ride in the back of Airforce One

Why, out of all government functions, are Republicans only concerned about parks?

Obama went out of his way to make the average american suffer, because he is an immature little brat. That's why.

Closing parks is suffering?
How about delaying medical claims, retiree benefits or closing counselling centers?

All unnecessary government jobs are cut. Guess who picks what's unnecessary? Obama thought it was necessary to put guards up at the ww2 war memorial to keep veterans away from it.

Security is identified as an essential function. Opening the parks is not

There is no need for security at the ww2 monument. Obama hates our veterans and this proved how much.

 

[rightwinger]

That was a good one....Gingrich shut down government because he had to ride in the back of Airforce One

Why, out of all government functions, are Republicans only concerned about parks?

Obama went out of his way to make the average american suffer, because he is an immature little brat. That's why.

Closing parks is suffering?
How about delaying medical claims, retiree benefits or closing counselling centers?

All unnecessary government jobs are cut. Guess who picks what's unnecessary? Obama thought it was necessary to put guards up at the ww2 war memorial to keep veterans away from it.

Security is identified as an essential function. Opening the parks is not

There is no need for security at the ww2 monument. Obama hates our veterans and this proved how much.

What makes the WW2 memorial an essential function?