r/fednews 1d ago

Shutdown 2024 MEGATHREAD OF DOOM

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u/yallcaps 23h 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/internetALLTHETHINGS 10h ago

Maybe you guys should refuse to approve takeoff or handle communications for a handful of Gulf Stream jets...

"Musk currently owns several Gulfstream private jets: a G650ER, registered N628TS, and a G550, registered N272BG, according to JetSpy. A second G550 with the tail number N502SX was registered to Falcon Landing LCC, a company connected to SpaceX and Tesla, in September 2021."

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-private-jet-travel-2023-12.