Comment on Johnson signals 'plan C' reached to avert shutdown

• Sirpantangelini@noauthority.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  @realcaseyrollins

  You could've at least made me sound like a monster by saying benefits for losers.
  And then I could say let them learn to swim or drown.

  If I were mike Johnson, I'd be playing extreme hardball.
  I'd start the negotiations at 6 months of government shutdown unless they agree to single bills.

  And then just shut it down until they cave.

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  • realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’d start the negotiations at 6 months of government shutdown unless they agree to single bills.

    And then just shut it down until they cave.

    Now that’s what I’m down with. Just don’t shut down the government in pursuit of vague disgruntlements.

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• realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  National defense, tell me about those drones

  How is defunding the federal government supposed to help us stop the drones again?

  Fight federal crimes, yes, fund the fbi…

  While the FBI is corrupt, they do also fight and stop legitimate crimes and criminals.

  Disband the irs and end the income tax please

  I want to replace the income tax with a national sales tax on digital purchases, personally, but that necessitates an IRL to collect that money still.

  legislate what

  Laws, mostly

  Negotiate with foreign governments. Ohh yes, to pay for drinking club dates that end in bombing kids, great, love it

  Again, how is defunding the government supposed to make any of that better?

  Set economic policies. MORE INFLATION.

  Or less, depending on what the federal government chooses to do with that power. In any case, will shutting down the government stop inflation?

  See this is what I’m talking about. Almost none of what you’re upset about is actually improved by a government shutdown. At best, it’s just paused, and will pick back up again once the government funding resumes.

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