The 2025 Government Shutdown Thread

Nithavela · 2025-10-03T14:04:08-0500

Postvieww said:
Well I do have my eyes wide open and see what is actually happening. This is on Chuck and his followers.

Strange. I could swear that I am correct and that you are wrong.

Desk trauma · 2025-10-03T14:13:45-0500

Postvieww said:
It is very effective at losing any credibility the Democratic leadership may have had left.

Did you consider them credible prior to this shut down?

Postvieww said:
, the one who many Democrats thought was unfit to serve shows more common sense than most of the rest.

Ah, inventing alternative history. When he was recovering from his stroke and being treated for depression the accusations of being unfit came from the republicans.

Postvieww · 2025-10-03T14:18:09-0500

Desk trauma said:
Ah, inventing alternative history. When he was recovering from his stroke and being treated for depression the accusations of being unfit came from the republicans

Maybe do some research. There were democrats who questioned his fitness.

Postvieww · 2025-10-03T14:19:49-0500

Nithavela said:
Strange. I could swear that I am correct and that you are wrong.

The lyrics from a Billy Joel song may solve the mystery.

Desk trauma · 2025-10-03T14:21:36-0500

Postvieww said:
Maybe do some research. There were democrats who questioned his fitness.

Do tell.

Postvieww · 2025-10-03T14:21:48-0500

Desk trauma said:
Did you consider them credible prior to this shut down?

Not with me, but Shumer’s stunt is losing some democrats.

Gregory Thompson · 2025-10-03T14:22:17-0500

GoldenBoy89 said:
I hope they stick to it. Putting the brakes on this out of control government that has been weaponized against the American people who don’t subscribe to the warped MAGA version of reality is the right thing to do.

Whenever the dems take over from the republicans or vice versa, the next thing they do is what the other guy did when they were in office. MAGA is being weaponized, because things like social cancelling was being weaponized.

Until a majority of people see this and speak out against it, the atmosphere will continue getting worse.

Desk trauma · 2025-10-03T14:23:01-0500

Postvieww said:
The lyrics from a Billy Joel song may solve the mystery.

Is someone making love to their tonic and gin?

Desk trauma · 2025-10-03T14:23:16-0500

Postvieww said:
Not with me, but Shumer’s stunt is losing some democrats.

Who?

Gregory Thompson · 2025-10-03T14:23:17-0500

You know, I don't think we have the option of "no government" in Canada's democracy. Though sometimes the ruling party "pro-rogues" the parliament.

essentialsaltes · 2025-10-03T15:01:50-0500

Despite Budget Concerns, Three-Quarters of Public Say Congress Should Extend the Enhanced ACA Tax Credits Set to Expire Next Year, Including Most Republicans and MAGA Supporters

7 in 10 Marketplace Enrollees Say They Could Not Afford Coverage if Their Premiums Doubled; 4 in 10 Say They Would Expect to Be Uninsured

When people who want to extend the enhanced tax credits were asked who deserves the most blame if they expire, roughly equal shares say President Trump (39%) and Republicans in Congress (37%), while a smaller share (22%) say that Democrats in Congress would deserve most of the blame.

Unfortunately, the billionaires need their tax cuts more than these people need health insurance.

Desk trauma · 2025-10-03T15:07:02-0500

essentialsaltes said:
Unfortunately, the billionaires need their tax cuts more than these people need health insurance.

Something about reducing the surplus population.

Postvieww · 2025-10-03T15:07:13-0500

Desk trauma said:
Who?

We will find out when some actually turn with their vote to reopen. The democrats will not win this fight.

NxNW · 2025-10-03T15:11:14-0500

Desk trauma said:
Who?

There's a guy in Nebraska.

Desk trauma · 2025-10-03T15:13:44-0500

Postvieww said:
We will find out when some actually turn with their vote to reopen. The democrats will not win this fight.

The democrats are losing credibility with their members in congress? Are they finding themselves no longer credible?

Desk trauma · 2025-10-03T15:15:15-0500

NxNW said:
There's a guy in Nebraska.

The illusive undecided guy?

NxNW · 2025-10-03T15:15:51-0500

Desk trauma said:
Something about reducing the surplus population.

See, the GOP tried that with Covid, but it wasn't as effective as it could have been.

NxNW · 2025-10-03T15:19:49-0500

Desk trauma said:
The illusive undecided guy?

He's a swinger, so they say.

essentialsaltes · 2025-10-03T16:02:20-0500

Taking care of constituents (and future AOC 2036 voters).

mark46 · 2025-10-03T17:12:51-0500

An undocumented immigrant that doesn't qualify for Medicaid because of his undocumented status comes into a hospital emergency room. By federal law, the hospital must treat him.

Republicans recently changed the old law and the federal government no longer has to reimburse the hospitals for providing the are required by federal law.

Democrats want the feds to be required to reimburse the hospitals.

So, YES, the Democrats want the federal government to pay for some of the cost of emergency care of undocumented immigrants.
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That is the CURRENT debate. Obviously, there are those Democrats who think that undocumented immigrants should be allowed to be on Medicare and Medicaid as a matter of course. But that is NOT what this budget debate is all about.

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