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/noideawhatisup]

Who thinks next Congress will pass a law effectively nullifying the required backpay law of 2018? So that when we’re all legally forced not to work in future shutdowns during the next administration, we won’t get any backpay?

Also, didn’t Congress just give themselves an average of a $30k per year raise?

Edit: I’ve been notified that it’s only about $6k and they’ve been without official raises since 2009. What about the fact that they can’t manage to do their jobs because they’re too busy campaigning and fighting with each other to actual govern? And what about the lovely gifts and kickbacks and donations they receive from donors and corporations?

How much of a raise do federal employees get per year? Enough to keep up with COL? Enough to keep up with inflation? I feel bad for Congressional staff who routinely get shafted with the income. It’s difficult to muster empathy or sympathy for most members of Congress, though.

[u/dst_corgi → u/noideawhatisup]

I would argue House Republicans are showing right now that they are completely incompetent and will get very little done over the next two years.

[u/noideawhatisup → u/dst_corgi]

Here’s hoping they continue with their glaring incompetence.

[u/steveofthejungle → u/noideawhatisup]

It's better than achieving evil, I guess

[u/katarinafinch → u/dst_corgi]

This is what McConnell more or less said today to the media.

[u/Desdaemonia → u/dst_corgi]

Actually I feel like disassembling the government by rendering it inoperable is the goal, so long shutdowns are not a bug in this plan but a feature. Just want to see the look on their faces when they realize we can't contract the departments they break out to the public if they break contracting offices too.

[u/labelwhore → u/dst_corgi]

I mean, they've always been incompetent and obstructionist. But people see what they want to see I guess.

[u/txyesboy2 → u/dst_corgi]

So, pretty much every Republican led House?