As of 9:38PM 30Sep2013, the House of Representative tabled the Senate CR to continuing funding the federal government with no riders and/or amendments. The voted failed by 27 votes. Now, I'm sitting at home hoping that this thing doesn't last too long because I need money... to pay the rent... to buy food... to pay back a college loan. But there are 27 people out there, 9 of them Democrats, thinking that it is somehow more responsible to shut down the federal government because Obamacare is law, than to allow people to do their jobs.
27 votes. Out of 435 people, the final gap was 27.
In what world does the Republicans live in? What possible benefit can be had from this? All of a sudden they want to stand behind principles. I'm not going to list out Republican "principles", but let's just say they are wrong, immoral, and severely out of place for a 21st century developed nation.
I have no problems with compromise. We are a federal representative democracy. We do not run a parliamentary system where there is a majority governing party and an opposition party. But what kind of compromise is this that the Republicans have dished up? Let's rehash:
You, Dems + Obama, must delay Obamacare for 1 year, and we will give you 15 days of funding. In 15 days, not only will we be back here again, we'll make more demands on raising the debt ceiling. Then, we will keep spending at this shitty lower rate, and you give us more cuts. Republicans, full heartily FUCK YOU and the horse you rode in on.
This is no compromise. 1 year delay over major legislation for 15 days of running the government. As if, we the Dems, are the only people that have a vested interest in keeping a functional nation.
The sad thing is, the Republicans that have voted for this bullshit come from states like Ohio, Kansas, Alabama, etc. Those states are the burden upon the federal government. They repeatedly need federal funding to keep their governments solvent. Yet, these states, and the idiots that vote for these representative somehow think the government is the problem. Irony. At it's best.
It's hard to voice the anger that I'm experiencing. I'm a fucking federal subcontractor. Civil servants will probably get paid. Contractors get 40 hours vacation fronted to them. Us, the subcontractors? We get nothing. I have no vacation and my health benefits will probably run out in 2 weeks. So, instead of complaining some more, I say call John Boehner's office and yell random obscenities to him and his staff. Here's his number: (202) 225-6205
27 votes. Out of 435 people, the final gap was 27.
In what world does the Republicans live in? What possible benefit can be had from this? All of a sudden they want to stand behind principles. I'm not going to list out Republican "principles", but let's just say they are wrong, immoral, and severely out of place for a 21st century developed nation.
I have no problems with compromise. We are a federal representative democracy. We do not run a parliamentary system where there is a majority governing party and an opposition party. But what kind of compromise is this that the Republicans have dished up? Let's rehash:
You, Dems + Obama, must delay Obamacare for 1 year, and we will give you 15 days of funding. In 15 days, not only will we be back here again, we'll make more demands on raising the debt ceiling. Then, we will keep spending at this shitty lower rate, and you give us more cuts. Republicans, full heartily FUCK YOU and the horse you rode in on.
This is no compromise. 1 year delay over major legislation for 15 days of running the government. As if, we the Dems, are the only people that have a vested interest in keeping a functional nation.
The sad thing is, the Republicans that have voted for this bullshit come from states like Ohio, Kansas, Alabama, etc. Those states are the burden upon the federal government. They repeatedly need federal funding to keep their governments solvent. Yet, these states, and the idiots that vote for these representative somehow think the government is the problem. Irony. At it's best.
It's hard to voice the anger that I'm experiencing. I'm a fucking federal subcontractor. Civil servants will probably get paid. Contractors get 40 hours vacation fronted to them. Us, the subcontractors? We get nothing. I have no vacation and my health benefits will probably run out in 2 weeks. So, instead of complaining some more, I say call John Boehner's office and yell random obscenities to him and his staff. Here's his number: (202) 225-6205
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