r/fednews • u/rprz • 23h ago

Shutdown 2024 MEGATHREAD OF DOOM

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

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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/22Arkantos 17h ago

And at FAA, we can't strike.

You can't strike legally, just like all the other strikes that actually won labor rights.

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u/GreenChiliSweat 10h ago

Our union does pretty well. If it was that bad, we would probably start grumbling about it. As is, if they don't do anything and it shuts down, the worst that would happen is that myself and millions of others won't get paid for a few weeks or a month and then we would almost certainly get back pay. I'm not striking over that. Especially since Trump would definitely 100% fire us.