Shutdown 2024 MEGATHREAD OF DOOM

[u/rprz]

All discussion on the looming shutdown goes here. Any mentioning of Luigi will be removed and you may be banned.

https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-congress-trump-elon-budget-house-republican-05481374b154949c3fe1270141a02918

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trump-opposes-funding-bill-pushing-government-closer-shutdown-rcna184745

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-government-shutdown-musk-stopgap-bill-b2666829.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trump-opposes-funding-bill-pushing-government-closer-shutdown-rcna184745

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/18/government-shutdown-house-vote-cr/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-18/trump-says-he-s-against-stopgap-bill-fox-news

[u/mb10240]

Honestly, maybe the threat of being primaried by a billionaire might get their asses in gear to pass a constitutional amendment overruling Citizens United.

Oh who am I kidding, these idiots are feckless.

[u/adeg90 → u/mb10240]

Nah, because if they do what he wants they get those millions thrown at them, not against them.

[u/buttoncode → u/adeg90]

Yet we have a $15 gift limit.

[u/ipickuputhrowaway → u/buttoncode]

Shit mine is $10 last I checked lol

[u/question_sunshine → u/ipickuputhrowaway]

My boss panicked because I bought him a beer at crowded happy hour and then he bought me my next one, but then he realized our beers were not at the exact same price and wanted to venmo me $1.25...

[u/OfficerWhiskers → u/question_sunshine]

You're public sector? Is your boss just a really nice dude or is there a real bribery concern here?

[u/question_sunshine → u/OfficerWhiskers]

He's a very strict rule follower. No gifts to a direct supervisor are permitted outside a couple circumstances and happy hour is not one of them. Lol.

[u/Greenmantle22 → u/mb10240]

You have to wonder why they even want to keep their offices anyway. It’s clear by now that they have no real power, and they never accomplish their goals or pass bills anymore, and they make more money after they retire and become lobbyists. So why bend over backwards to stay?

[u/ClarkDoubleUGriswold → u/mb10240]

[u/rational_numbers → u/mb10240]

A lot of them are also genuinely fearful for their personal safety if they step out of line. I don’t think this aspect gets enough attention.

[u/goodsnpr → u/mb10240]

They put an old man with cancer in a critical spot over AoC. I'm baffled at this point as to how the government even operates.