The Government Shut Down
By snowy
@snowy22315 (169828)
United States
January 20, 2018 9:30am CST
It will be interesting to see how long this will go on. My son works for a government contractor and they follow the federal schedule so they may be closed down. I am thinking that the budget may be passed by the time Monday rolls around, but I am thinking his agency might be closed. I will have to check with him on this. I doubt he would mind a little extra time off at all! Do you know any affected govt. employees?
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@LadyDuck (457822)
• Switzerland
20 Jan 18
@snowy22315 I think he is rich enough to use his personal jet and come here.
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@snowy22315 (169828)
• United States
20 Jan 18
@LadyDuck Is it an environmental summit? What is it about? He prefers to fly around at taxpayer expense of course..
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@snowy22315 (169828)
• United States
20 Jan 18
At least the essential services will continue.
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@FourWalls (62063)
• United States
20 Jan 18
How long will it last? Probably the weekend, where there’s very little impact.
BTW, people need to do a little research: Social Security will be paid on February 3rd even if the government is still “shut down.” VA payments will still be made. Medicare and Medicaid will still be provided. The notion that there’s a “government shutdown” is more along the lines of “the bloat isn’t working for a couple of days.” Those poor Congressmen will have to go fetch their own coffee over the weekend.
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@snowy22315 (169828)
• United States
20 Jan 18
Yes, the news made it quite clear essential services will continue. they always do,.and I doubt they are fetching their own coffee either.! Their dedicated aides are there no matter what! They will send a page to do the dirty work if they aren't.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
20 Jan 18
I remember every year when Obama was in office this same thing, I think its just a government thing, no one wants to give up any money, I would love to see them not pay themselves for once. Trump is not taking the pay, is he?
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@snowy22315 (169828)
• United States
20 Jan 18
It is not for the first time..but generally they manage to avoid a shut down.
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@mohit459 (12568)
• Haldwani, India
20 Jan 18
@snowy22315 ohhh...
So till when it would be shut down?..
I think personally Donald Trump isn't a great president, if Hillary Clinton would be president than it would be much good for US and India too
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@snowy22315 (169828)
• United States
20 Jan 18
@mohit459 Until they reach an agreement..Dems and Republicans and presents the Pres. something he is willing to sign.
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@shaggin (71663)
• United States
21 Jan 18
@snowy22315 thank you for the explanation!
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@snowy22315 (169828)
• United States
21 Jan 18
Well, hopefully it will be short lived. Basically, non essential government services will not be funded. Also, not sure about military pay that may be affected as well..but I don't see this going on too long.
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@JudyEv (325584)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Jan 18
I just heard about this this morning. I hope it all gets sorted out quickly or it could be very inconvenient for many people.
@snowy22315 (169828)
• United States
21 Jan 18
It sure could be. I think a deal is in the works though.
