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One thing I was surprised to learn in another thread is that some military families are on food stamps. I hate to see them suffer as not only are they working, they are working at a job that most Americans won't do. It makes me wonder why we don't pay them enough/a living wage.
Exactly! Why can't these lefties in this forum see this? Trump was willing to negotiate but Schumer and Pelosi were not. He asked a question and Pelosi resoundingly said NO! What part of that aren't these lefties in here getting?
Oh please. Pence offered $2.5 billion and then Trump said no that the number is $5.7 billion. Dems are offering $1.3 Billion which was the original amount the Senate approved, Trump said he would sign, until Coulter slammed Trump for it. And then Trump backed out and will accept nothing else. How is that negotiating?
I read that people might not get their food stamps, rental assistance, and disaster relief if there is a prolonged government shutdown lasting several months or years.
Personally, I don't believe food stamps, rental assistance, or disaster relief should be the responsibility of the government. Why don't people work for what they have like I had to do my whole life rather than depending on the government for food and housing? As far as disaster relief goes, maintaining homeowner's insurance is an individual's responsibility. That is part of the cost of home ownership. The taxpayer shouldn't bear the burden of people irresponsible enough to go uninsured.
Shouldn't food inspectors be essential? Who's the idiot that decided food inspectors were non essential? The FDA can just make them essential if it's a problem. I work in government, management can make anyone essential that they want to. The reason all these positions across our government aren't essential that end up causing problems during times like these is purely political.
That's the problem with the whole essential vs. non-essential. Some people who are really essential are currently sitting at home, while paper pushers are still working, and in some cases, still getting paid.
I guess you could argue that's the problem with government as a whole. It's not concerned about efficiency, it doesn't have to be, since it can just print up or steal more money.
I mean, they just published the story that Americans are not having enough children to replace the population, so you think we're having too many kids? Or just the "wrong" people are having kids?
This is nothing more than political theater. As a businessman, Individual 1 solicits cheap labor from illegal immigrants one minute then demonizes them for political leverage the next.
The fact is only 6 non-US citizens were identified as possible terror threats attempting to gain entry via southern US/Mexico border while 41 attempted to penetrate the northern US/Canadian border during the same time frame.
Where’s the sense of urgency to secure our northern border? This is about our safety and stats show that the northern border is the more immanent terror threat. Where’s the northern border wall GoFundMe effort?
Um..because the Canadian government actually respects our border, The government of Mexico should be sanctioned for not doing enough
I read that people might not get their food stamps, rental assistance, and disaster relief if there is a prolonged government shutdown lasting several months or years.
Personally, I don't believe food stamps, rental assistance, or disaster relief should be the responsibility of the government. Why don't people work for what they have like I had to do my whole life rather than depending on the government for food and housing? As far as disaster relief goes, maintaining homeowner's insurance is an individual's responsibility. That is part of the cost of home ownership. The taxpayer shouldn't bear the burden of people irresponsible enough to go uninsured.
A permanent destruction o the state entirely wouldn't be a bad thing. This shutdown is just the most minor little tease of proper anarchism.
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