GOV Shutdown or not?

Are you in favor of a GOV wide SHUTDOWN?

  • YES

    Votes: 32 50.8%
  • NO

    Votes: 31 49.2%

  • Total voters
    63
  • Poll closed .
No. I will be on furlough. I will eat off the fat of the land and Obama will pay my mortgage. No worries. :laugh:

I, too, will eat off the fat of the land.

Fortunately, I have no mortgage.

Unfortunately, until the new unicorn gas power generation stations come online, I still have utility bills.

Confuscuious say, may you live in interesting times.

Let 'er rip tater chip.
 
From CONGRESS.org


Shutdowns of the past

By CQ Staff

On 17 occasions since September 1976, Congress has allowed appropriations to lapse, requiring the government to begin shutting down non-essential operations.


Fiscal Year 1977
• The government shut down on Thursday, Sept. 30, 1976, for 10 days.
Fiscal Year 1978
• The government shut down on Friday, Sept. 30, 1977, for 12 days;
• Monday, Oct. 31, 1977, for eight days; and on
• Wednesday, Nov. 30, 1977, for eight days.

http://www.congress.org/news/2011/04/08/shutdowns_of_the_past

Yea - Good Post!

To listen to the media and their enablers they would have us to believe...

(cue Monty Python music)...Eets!!

 
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I recuse myself from voting because I don't really have a stake in it. My part of my agency has income sources other than the US government and we are told we can continue operating as usual for now. Since I will feel no pain from a shutdown it is difficult for me to make an unbiased choice.

Best of luck to anyone who does get furloughed. It isn't over yet, we have almost two hours.:worried:
 
Note:

C-Span is showing some House Representative tweets, indicating a deal is being struck.

No confirmation yet.
 
Alright..the party is over..everyone..Get back to work...:)

Just wanted to thank everybody for participating on a most volatile and in most cases, personal issue...Also for remaining civil to each other here as the poll clearly indicated a 50/50 split on what should have been done or allowed to happen..

I think in the long run, this outcome is better for the budget and will cost Americans fewer tax dollars to get back to normal after the shutdown, had it been allowed to happened..so I think this settlement before the deadline tonight was a positive thing..what compromises and concessions that has been made, remains to be seen..I'm sure the remainder of the FY will be about ironing out the fine details..

Good night and sleep tight:)
 
No deal until a vote in BOTH Houses of Congress takes place.

Don't count chickens just yet-
 
Do you ever feel like you've been played? You know, the emotional rollercoaster, omg what am I gonna do? Caught in a big ole game of chicken?

Everyone up there knew they couldn't afford to let it shut down, no matter whose fault it is. It was just the little issue of who would balk first.

Great show, stick around for the replay next week. On the bright side, my desk is cleaner than it's ever been.

Investing tip: buy anything and everything to do with invisible ink. They're going to have to print the notes somehow, and the source for all the red ink done dried up.
 
Oh man, it's supposed to be 60 and sunny with no wind come Monday. I had plans.

Time > Money
 
Now I can sleep easier knowing the huge deficit got a itty bitty flea bite bitten out of it by this histerical feat of the 545 supermen that rule Planet Bizzaro. /s
 
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