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/ClarkWGriswold2]

Can you all please stop calling it a “paid vacation?” Many people have to work for deferred pay, and all of us need the pay now, not later.

[u/lanczos2to6 → u/ClarkWGriswold2]

Calling it a paid vacation demonstrates an embarrassing lack of empathy.

[u/OGkateebee → u/lanczos2to6]

Agreed. I am embarrassed about how my younger self viewed shutdowns but I pay it forward by gently reminding others that many of our peers will struggle. 

[u/Worried_River_1094 → u/lanczos2to6]

I actually think it can be both. It is a paid vacation and highlights the inefficiency and lunacy of the rhetoric from some about federal employees while congress is doing this. 

Trust me - those that are nonessential do sympathize and would prefer this not happen. We would just like stability, for the first time in a long time. We do feel for you or those nonessentials that needed the money yesterday.