Big C said:
Dems finally figure out the art of "messaging". Now they sit back and wait for Trump's head to explode each time he hears somebody refer to "President Musk".
This is going to be better than a major WWF card. Somebody should sell popcorn.
Eastern Oregon Bear said:The question is whether the non mainstream media and social media buffoons can gaslight the public into believing the shutdown is the Democrats fault. How dare they choose not to bail out Trump and the dysfunctional GOP!sycasey said:I wouldn't like to see it because government shutdowns hurt people (and not just government employees).dimitrig said:MinotStateBeav said:
We have no problem of shutting down the gov't for 30 days, we'll have the house and senate when it returns.
It has never gone well politically for the party that shuts down the government.
I'd like to see the Republicans do something that stupid (again).
But from a political standpoint, it is definitely not good for the party held responsible.
The shutdown will hurt me, though I've seen enough past government shutdowns to keep a healthy rainy day fund on hand just for these situations. I'll be OK unless a shutdown extends to Christmas 2025. It helps that we just paid off our mortgage a couple of months ago. I do worry about my younger co-workers that have only been working for a year or two and don't have much in savings. I remember being offered access to the local food bank during the last shutdown. I laughed it off, but some of us may need it if the shutdown last more than a few months.
Of course, a shutdown will impact many people that aren't government employees more than us, so I'm expecting a fairly short shutdown unless Musk decides to let us all eat cake.
Thanks! My wife and I didn't want to still be paying on the mortgage when we were retired and in our 70s, so we made an over payment of $150 each month and paid off the 30 year mortgage in 19 years. Fairly painless and probably the smartest thing we ever did financially.dimitrig said:Eastern Oregon Bear said:The question is whether the non mainstream media and social media buffoons can gaslight the public into believing the shutdown is the Democrats fault. How dare they choose not to bail out Trump and the dysfunctional GOP!sycasey said:I wouldn't like to see it because government shutdowns hurt people (and not just government employees).dimitrig said:MinotStateBeav said:
We have no problem of shutting down the gov't for 30 days, we'll have the house and senate when it returns.
It has never gone well politically for the party that shuts down the government.
I'd like to see the Republicans do something that stupid (again).
But from a political standpoint, it is definitely not good for the party held responsible.
The shutdown will hurt me, though I've seen enough past government shutdowns to keep a healthy rainy day fund on hand just for these situations. I'll be OK unless a shutdown extends to Christmas 2025. It helps that we just paid off our mortgage a couple of months ago. I do worry about my younger co-workers that have only been working for a year or two and don't have much in savings. I remember being offered access to the local food bank during the last shutdown. I laughed it off, but some of us may need it if the shutdown last more than a few months.
Of course, a shutdown will impact many people that aren't government employees more than us, so I'm expecting a fairly short shutdown unless Musk decides to let us all eat cake.
Congrats on paying off the mortgage!
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Big C said:
Dems finally figure out the art of "messaging". Now they sit back and wait for Trump's head to explode each time he hears somebody refer to "President Musk".
This is going to be better than a major WWF card. Somebody should sell popcorn.
It's pretty funny how quickly Democrats went from "Trump is a dictator" to "Trump is not really in charge." 🤣
— MAZE (@mazemoore) December 19, 2024
Why is P. Diddy, Luigi Mangione, and Sam Bankman-Fried in the same prison?
— BrooklynP8triot (@BklynP8triot) December 20, 2024
bear2034 said:Big C said:
Dems finally figure out the art of "messaging". Now they sit back and wait for Trump's head to explode each time he hears somebody refer to "President Musk".
This is going to be better than a major WWF card. Somebody should sell popcorn.It's pretty funny how quickly Democrats went from "Trump is a dictator" to "Trump is not really in charge." 🤣
— MAZE (@mazemoore) December 19, 2024
sycasey said:bear2034 said:Big C said:
Dems finally figure out the art of "messaging". Now they sit back and wait for Trump's head to explode each time he hears somebody refer to "President Musk".
This is going to be better than a major WWF card. Somebody should sell popcorn.It's pretty funny how quickly Democrats went from "Trump is a dictator" to "Trump is not really in charge." 🤣
— MAZE (@mazemoore) December 19, 2024
This is the first time this has happened since
conservatives said the same about Joe Biden!
