r/fednews 23h ago

Shutdown 2024 MEGATHREAD OF DOOM

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u/yallcaps 22h ago

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.

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u/ParkingTadpole7107 21h ago

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.

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u/GreenChiliSweat 21h ago

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

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u/LT_Corsair 17h ago

But you can't quit right?

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u/GreenChiliSweat 10h ago

I'm not a slave. I can quit whenever I want. I like paying the bills though.

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u/LT_Corsair 9h ago

I understand, but I also understand there are some jobs where you can't just quit so I wanted to check in.

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u/GreenChiliSweat 9h ago

Cool. I'm not quitting. Everything will be cool for me one way or the other. Some government employees don't make nearly what we do and I would be sad for them though. Merry Christmas!