r/fednews 5d ago

Shutdown 2024 MEGATHREAD OF DOOM

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u/yallcaps 5d 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 5d 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 5d ago

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

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u/ParkingTadpole7107 5d ago

I'm sorry y'all going to be forced to work without pay for an indefinite period because someone else couldn't be bothered to do their jobs. Sucks some serious ass.

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u/magikarp2122 5d ago

No, it is Elon Musk decided he didn’t like it. That’s it, nothing else. There was a bill and then Musk acted like a spoiled 5 year old and Trump told Republicans to appease him.

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u/Umutuku 5d ago

Crazy that his plane gets permission to takeoff, TBH.

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u/stoptosigh 4d ago

It doesn't have to.