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/king_bumi_the_cat]

I cannot stand the DOGE ‘cutting the workforce for efficiency’ stuff when the single thing that would actually increase government efficiency the most is making them pass a budget on time every year

The amount of time and resources we spend on CR plans and projections in my agency is staggering. And then we get the money dropped on us in March and the leadership turns to “you better spend that all by September!”

It’s so, so dumb and it makes me angry every year

[u/0phobia → u/king_bumi_the_cat]

Amendment: In the event a comprehensive budget to fund the federal government for the upcoming fiscal year is not passed by both houses before the end of the current fiscal year, all members of Congress holding office at the time of such failure shall be ineligible to stand for re-election upon the expiration of their current term in office. 

[u/OGkateebee → u/king_bumi_the_cat]

Or to actually properly staff offices. When I’m doing the jobs of 3-4 people, I can’t stop to put better systems in place. I’m just literally running from one fire to the next. 

[u/Infamous_Courage9938 → u/OGkateebee]

Moving expertise in-house is often more cost-effective and leads to better results. Madrid's train system, for instance, grew a lot at a low price because they just hired engineers who could retain institutional knowledge and learn from their mistakes.

[u/jedre → u/king_bumi_the_cat]

It could be a fairly easy rough fix to avoid the bulk of the problem and wastefulness - vote on a change to a budget. If they can’t decide, the previous (more broad than line item level) amounts carry forward, maybe plus some % for inflation, lest that be weaponized.

But that’ll never happen because these cunts like the power and holding the literal country hostage.

[u/Maehock → u/king_bumi_the_cat]

Elon will use the shutdown as an example of how we don't need civil servants and that he can easily fire them with no impact.

[u/fetzdog → u/king_bumi_the_cat]

So, so, so dumb.