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Federal Government Begins First Shutdown In 17 Years

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Re: Federal Government Begins First Shutdown In 17 Years

#11

Post by throwaway420 »

I really hate that the media has labeled this a government shut down.

Is the NSA going to stop spying on us? Are they still printing money? Are corporate subsidies still proceeding as normal? Will they stop taxing us? Will they stop giving out checks to the military industrial complex? Will they stop military attacks? Will we still be felt up at airports? Are they still going to throw people behind bars for illegal plants?

The reality is that all of the worst parts of the government are still running.

Re: Federal Government Begins First Shutdown In 17 Years

#12

Post by jMyles »

throwaway420 wrote: post #11

I really hate that the media has labeled this a government shut down. Is the NSA going to stop spying on us? Are they still printing money? Are corporate subsidies still proceeding as normal? Will they stop taxing us? Will they stop giving out checks to the military industrial complex? Will they stop military attacks? Will we still be felt up at airports? Are they still going to throw people behind bars for illegal p…

Nailed it. I'm surprised there isn't more talk about this.

Re: Federal Government Begins First Shutdown In 17 Years

#14

Post by gizmo686 »

Slightly off topic, but this shutdown is one of those times where I got a very different perspective simply by reading about it from a non-US based (Al Jazeera) source. It is not that they write anything different than local sources, but the whole situation seems way sillier when I think about how this must look to people outside of the country.

Re: Federal Government Begins First Shutdown In 17 Years

#15

Post by Q6T46nT668w6i3m »

throwaway420 wrote: post #11

I really hate that the media has labeled this a government shut down. Is the NSA going to stop spying on us? Are they still printing money? Are corporate subsidies still proceeding as normal? Will they stop taxing us? Will they stop giving out checks to the military industrial complex? Will they stop military attacks? Will we still be felt up at airports? Are they still going to throw people behind bars for illegal p…

Yeah! Treasonous National Parks!

Re: Federal Government Begins First Shutdown In 17 Years

#16

Post by jmduke »

twoodfin wrote: post #6

I'm glad this was posted here, otherwise I never would have known. Something all hackers should be paying attention to, certainly. Many implications for how we write our software, the future of networked communication and more.

I'm glad this was posted here, otherwise I never would have known.

I don't mean this sarcastically -- are you serious? It's been plastered over my news and social feeds for the past 48 hours, but I recognize I have a disproportionately large amount of friends/acquaintances in DC.

Re: Federal Government Begins First Shutdown In 17 Years

#17

Post by twoodfin »

jmduke wrote: post #16
twoodfin wrote: post #6

I'm glad this was posted here, otherwise I never would have known. Something all hackers should be paying attention to, certainly. Many implications for how we write our software, the future of networked communication and more.

I'm glad this was posted here, otherwise I never would have known. I don't mean this sarcastically -- are you serious? It's been plastered over my news and social feeds for the past 48 hours, but I recognize I have a disproportionately large amount of friends/acquaintances in DC.

My flag privileges were lost during a flight to Cuba, and the guidelines specify that we not complain about the relevance of posts in the comments. So I won't complain.

Re: Federal Government Begins First Shutdown In 17 Years

#18

Post by jonchang »

jmduke wrote: post #16
twoodfin wrote: post #6

I'm glad this was posted here, otherwise I never would have known. Something all hackers should be paying attention to, certainly. Many implications for how we write our software, the future of networked communication and more.

I'm glad this was posted here, otherwise I never would have known. I don't mean this sarcastically -- are you serious? It's been plastered over my news and social feeds for the past 48 hours, but I recognize I have a disproportionately large amount of friends/acquaintances in DC.

Sarcasm can be difficult to express online; I'm glad you explicitly pointed it out in your reply.

Re: Federal Government Begins First Shutdown In 17 Years

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Post by rjbwork »

yellowbkpk wrote: post #13
peterwayland wrote: post #9

In an office environment. If employees don't work well together they get fired. Why is there no accountability ?

There is. It happens in November every few years.

Wish i could get an extremely well paid job, do jack shit for 2-6 years and then maybe get voted out at the end of that time. Hell, give me a senator's salary for 6 years and I'd be in heaven.
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