Slashdot Asks: How Does the US Gov't Budget Crunch Affect You? 1144
The partial government shut-down that the U.S. is experiencing right now is about to enter its second week. Various government functions and services have been disrupted (including some web sites, whether it's a good idea or not), and lots of workers on the Federal payroll have been furloughed. But since the U.S. government is involved in so many aspects of modern American life, you don't have to work for the government to be affected by the budget politics at play. So, whether or not you work for the government in any capacity, the question we'd like to hear your answer to is this: What does the shutdown mean to you, in practical terms, whether the effects are good, bad, or indifferent?
It crowds out more important news (Score:2, Funny)
Re:How I see it... (Score:0, Funny)
Citation [wikipedia.org]
Huge impact on my life (Score:5, Funny)
It makes me drink more and play more GTA V.
My wife wants to go all Ted Cruz on me and filibuster about how "grown men" shouldn't be playing "video games", but I just whipped out my gavel and told her that all I need for cloture is 50 plus 1 and I got the tie-breaker hanging right here.
I think I might be in trouble now. I heard my car alarm going off a few minutes ago, and I'm afraid to go look.
Re: How I see it... (Score:5, Funny)
That is the stupidest thing I've read today. It was so dumb I had to double check I wasn't on reddit.
Re:Speaking as a non-American... (Score:2, Funny)
Have you already forgotten how the "affordable" healthcare act got voted into law?
Sure, here's a recap since you are a dumbfuck: the bill was passed by a majority in the House, a majority in the Senate, signed into law by the President, and as a super bonus, already been challenged and upheld by the Supreme Court.
In case you are misplaced your copy of the Constitution, that is exactly how it's supposed to be done.
The backroom deals, scheduling, and whatever else are 100% incidental to the process. Sorry you are butthurt but get the fuck over it.
What the GOP is doing is no worse than what the dems had to do to pass it in the first place.
If the GOP had any ethics or integrity, they would have realized after 40+ failed attempts to repeal the law they simply don't have the numbers. Now they are attaching to the normal business of running the country (pass a budget) in a desperate attempt to circumvent the normal means. They are the equivalent of a child pulling a fire alarm at school to avoid a test they didn't study for.