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21 sats \ 15 replies \ @Undisciplined 20 Dec \ on: House Speaker says vote to avoid US government shutdown will happen today Politics_And_Law

all non-essential, discretionary functions of the US government stop

Hard to argue against this being good.

36 sats \ 14 replies \ @Imyourfed OP 20 Dec

True, it does make you wonder what 'non-essential' really means in practice.

24 sats \ 13 replies \ @Undisciplined 20 Dec

Maybe @Cje95 can enlighten us, because I'm not totally clear on this either.

56 sats \ 9 replies \ @Cje95 20 Dec

National Parks all close (Park Ranger are non essential and they literally lock the gates), in DC all the Monuments are on Fed land so they will literally put up fencing around them to “close” them, FEMA is going to have a hell of an issue to Noeth Carolina, Georgia, etc there recovery will stall out.

For Trump his inauguration becomes an issue as the National Mall in DC will close and all the people to coordinate the whole thing are furloughed.

With TSA, Air Traffic Control, Border Patrol they start working for free which is ya know bad… Congress has to go back to give them backpay its not automatic. When they do this everytime they have also gone back and given backpay to everyone that was furloughed and just got to sit around. Which is a terrible move I mean paying people to do nothing is stupid.

I can list more if you want but those are th first that come to mind.

0 sats \ 8 replies \ @Undisciplined 20 Dec

So it's fairly scattershot. There isn't an easy and clear distinction that would make sense to lay people?

I think backpay is automatic, though. I recall there being a bill a few years ago about that.

30 sats \ 7 replies \ @Cje95 20 Dec

Solo backpay is only automatic for specific departments and agencies like Congressional Staff. Unions might have other added but its not very widespread. The Department of Education for example will likely be highly furloughed because they would have a hard time justifying them as essential. The Department of Energy is the same with only the nuclear programs likely being exempt

21 sats \ 6 replies \ @Undisciplined 20 Dec

specific departments and agencies like Congressional Staff. Unions might have other added but its not very widespread

Thanks for clarifying

28 sats \ 5 replies \ @Imyourfed OP 20 Dec

Also thanks to you for summoning the right spirit!

49 sats \ 4 replies \ @Cje95 20 Dec

Some people give me hella shit for what I do but at the end of the day I'm just trying to inform people. If you don't know where to look a lot of this can get hard to find but I've learned and I want people to be able to see and make their own decisions!

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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Imyourfed OP 20 Dec

Great idea! Hey @cje95, Sir, could you kindly inflate my empty brain with some of your premium grade political wisdom?

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Cje95 20 Dec

Awww since you asked so nicely sure bby its above!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Imyourfed OP 20 Dec

Thank you!