Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 49 minutes later[^][v]#1,335,421
I'm not following the news about this, why is the government shutting down? Usually it's about Congress not allowing an increase in the debt ceiling. Is it this, or another reason?
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 21 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#1,335,423
@1,335,421 (B)
A budget bill could not be passed because certain people won't sign for a new budget unless it expands and increases government spending and raises the debt ceiling, and because certain other people won't sign a budget bill that does those things, which are not needed to simply keep the government running for a few more months.
Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 7 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#1,335,426
@previous (A)
The upside of this is Trump is in for a shock. When he becomes president again, he is forced to deal with a congress that requires serious numbers of democrats to agree with budgets.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 28 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#1,335,432
@previous (C)
If the government shutting down is such a bad look, you would think the democrat party would want to sign even without their particular newly proposed "gibs" included. It's not really about the looming specter of a government shutdown, never has been. We've survived every "shutdown" we've ever had. They're not so bad, really. Who cares? Shut it down for a while. It only affects non-essential government workers, anyway. And the democrats were glad to stop non-essential personnel from working during the Covid-19 outbreak. Why would they worry about a government shutdown?
Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 6 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#1,335,434
@previous (A)
Problem is shutting it down is costly. It also removes money from wallets. Odd that Musk has the power to kill a bill. Their is no upside to shutting it down.
Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 3 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,335,440
@previous (A)
How much did the last government shutdown cost us?
The 2018-2019 government shutdown is estimated to have cost $11 billion according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
It's estimated that the 2013 full government shutdown reduced GDP growth by $20 billion.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 17 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,335,444
@previous (C)
Growing GDP at a lower rate during one year isn't much of a loss. A healthy country should be able to withstand several years of negative GDP growth. Growing slightly slower is not a serious problem. Thanks.
Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 1 year ago, 19 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,335,446
Mid-Day update: Funding for the federal government expires in approximately 9 hours from now. It appears as if no new funding bill will reach Former Vice-President Biden's desk in time to be signed before 12:01 AM EST. Cold hard CASH is still flowing into my wallet. Further updates will follow.