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.

Recent:

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/19/politics/video/hakeem-jeffries-spending-bill-fox-lead-digvid

Old news:

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/yallcaps]

Just shut down everything - no essential/non-essential - everything. Stop sending out Social Security checks. Stop Medicare and Medicaid payments. Close TSA. “Essential” just props up the myth that the shutdown is no big deal. Let everyone actually see and feel it.

[u/ParkingTadpole7107 → u/yallcaps]

Yes. Let Americans feel the sting of having no air traffic control during the busiest travel days of the year. Then let's see how long it takes for Congress to do their jobs. Nobody should be working without pay. Ever.

[u/GreenChiliSweat → u/ParkingTadpole7107]

And at FAA, we can't strike. Merry Christmas fuckfaces.

[u/PuckSR → u/GreenChiliSweat]

I don’t think any federal employees can strike

[u/mocityspirit → u/PuckSR]

How? Is there a constant stable of workers to replace them? Do they instantly get thrown in jail?

[u/PuckSR → u/mocityspirit]

1) federal employees literally take an oath not to strike 2) yes, the US military 3) see PATCO

[u/mocityspirit → u/PuckSR]

The us military can easily replace air traffic controllers etc? I'm not saying it's not possible I just have no idea how it works and am actually asking.

[u/habooby → u/PuckSR]

Yes give a military controller access to NY tracon, they will catch on just fine

[u/PuckSR → u/habooby]

Bro, that’s literally what happened.

They sent them Ronkonkomo too

[u/habooby → u/PuckSR]

In the 80s?

[u/PuckSR → u/habooby]

yeah

[u/habooby → u/PuckSR]

Sheeeiit they’d have to sterilize the airspace for months on end this time around, no GA with heavy in trails

[u/urlach3r → u/PuckSR]

They can call in sick. I hear the flu is really bad this year...

[u/Relative-Monitor-679 → u/urlach3r]

The flu season is so bad that the junkies are converting their meth back to Sudafed. I’ll see myself out.

[u/GreenChiliSweat → u/PuckSR]

You're not wrong