U.S. Budget & OBBB | OCT 1 - Gov’t Shutdown Begins

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nycfan said:


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Honestly, by this point it's not stunning at all. And while it's not stunning either given how often it's happened, the really frightening thing about it is just how many Americans simply and willfully refuse to see this side of Trump and to see him for what he really is, and continue to live in a fantasy world in which they blindly follow and adore a Trump who doesn't exist in the real world. If nothing else, Trumpism has vividly revealed just how easy it is to fool vast numbers of Americans, and of just how gullible, ignorant, and deluded so many Americans are.
 
Zoo_View said:
Unfortunately, in today’s America, it’ll be the Liberals and George H.W. Bush conservatives whose heads will roll.
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Yes, and that's not because of Trump. That's because so many Trump voters (folks like @Ramrouser) viscerally hate so many of their fellow Americans and would cheer such atrocity on.

Make no mistake, when they say "we" are their enemy, they mean it in every sense of thr word.
 
wmheel1287 said:
Yes, and that's not because of Trump. That's because so many Trump voters (folks like @Ramrouser) viscerally hate so many of their fellow Americans and would cheer such atrocity on.

Make no mistake, when they say "we" are their enemy, they mean it in every sense of thr word.
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I don’t consider liberals the enemy and I don’t hate anyone. In fact, I’m the one who argues here that you shouldn’t cut friends and especially family out of your life over political differences. I don’t do it in my life unlike many here. Heck, I live in a blue area of the state.
 
Ramrouser said:
I don’t consider liberals the enemy and I don’t hate anyone. In fact, I’m the one who argues here that you shouldn’t cut friends and especially family out of your life over political differences. I don’t do it in my life unlike many here. Heck, I live in a blue area of the state.
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Nobody believes you. The real you comes out often in those alcohol fueled rants you go on often here.
 

As the Shutdown Pain Grows, Trump Attends to Other Matters​

The president attended a Halloween party Friday and called attention to the marble renovation of a White House bathroom.

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As the Shutdown Pain Grows, Trump Attends to Other Matters

The president attended a Halloween party Friday and called attention to the marble renovation of a White House bathroom.
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“… Mr. Trump left Washington on Friday for a Halloween party and a fund-raiser at his Florida residence. When he weighed in briefly on the shutdown, it was to cast the potential loss of benefits that millions of Americans rely on for groceries as mostly a problem for Democratic voters. Rather than offer steps he might take to bring the crisis to a close, Mr. Trump called attention to the new details of his renovation of a White House bathroom.

“Highly polished, Statuary marble!” Mr. Trump declared on social media as he posted images of his new Lincoln bathroom, even as some households planned on handing out canned soup in lieu of candy.

… The stark contrast crystallized how the president has appeared largely disconnected from the fiscal impasse that has gripped Washington and paralyzed much of the federal government.

… As the stalemate nears the record for the longest shutdown in U.S. history — one set during Mr. Trump’s first term — he has continued to seem unbothered by the fallout, casting the log jam as one easily resolved.

“It’s their fault,” Mr. Trump said of Democrats as he traveled to Mar-a-Lago, his Florida club and estate, on Friday.

“Everything is their fault. It’s so easily solved.”…”
 
nycfan said:

As the Shutdown Pain Grows, Trump Attends to Other Matters​

The president attended a Halloween party Friday and called attention to the marble renovation of a White House bathroom.

www.nytimes.com

As the Shutdown Pain Grows, Trump Attends to Other Matters

The president attended a Halloween party Friday and called attention to the marble renovation of a White House bathroom.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com

“… Mr. Trump left Washington on Friday for a Halloween party and a fund-raiser at his Florida residence. When he weighed in briefly on the shutdown, it was to cast the potential loss of benefits that millions of Americans rely on for groceries as mostly a problem for Democratic voters. Rather than offer steps he might take to bring the crisis to a close, Mr. Trump called attention to the new details of his renovation of a White House bathroom.

“Highly polished, Statuary marble!” Mr. Trump declared on social media as he posted images of his new Lincoln bathroom, even as some households planned on handing out canned soup in lieu of candy.

… The stark contrast crystallized how the president has appeared largely disconnected from the fiscal impasse that has gripped Washington and paralyzed much of the federal government.

… As the stalemate nears the record for the longest shutdown in U.S. history — one set during Mr. Trump’s first term — he has continued to seem unbothered by the fallout, casting the log jam as one easily resolved.

“It’s their fault,” Mr. Trump said of Democrats as he traveled to Mar-a-Lago, his Florida club and estate, on Friday.

“Everything is their fault. It’s so easily solved.”…”
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Only tangentially related to the budget issues but certainly there is a through line - I checked healthcare.gov this morning and the cost of my completely unsubsidized plan is going to increase 31% next year.
 
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