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There were a variety of things they didn't predict, including the fact that the executive branch would believe that they have the right to not spend the money c

There were a variety of things they didn't predict, including the fact that the executive branch would believe that they have the right to not spend the money congress appropriated to do things. This is the real crux of the shutdown: Negotiations where you demand some spending in exchange for votes are unlikely when the other side can refuse to spend the money, so ultimately there is no credible basis on which to even begin negotiating.

koolba 1y ago
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- jacquesm 1y ago
  You'd think that after more than half a year of outright destruction of your country you'd stop digging. Indeed, elections have consequences, so why are you so upset with the democrats? Aren't you going to fix things now? This is your finest hour, and it will be remembered for a long time, how you acted and what drove you to keep on digging that hole when it was abundantly clear that the path chosen wasn't working at all. Just one thing: don't tell me afterwards that you didn't know.
  - koolba 1y ago
    > Indeed, elections have consequences, so why are you so upset with the democrats? Aren't you going to fix things now? The destruction I see is being done by the unreasonable Democrat Senators holding hostage hungry children and Federal workforce. > This is your finest hour, and it will be remembered for a long time, how you acted and what drove you to keep on digging that hole when it was abundantly clear that the path chosen wasn't working at all. The intransigence of the Democrats is what will be remembered here. They will eventually cave, their old guard that did so will be booted in the next primary, and their replacements will have their clocks cleaned in the next general elections.
    - jacquesm 1y ago
      > The destruction I see is being done by the unreasonable Democrat Senators holding hostage hungry children and Federal workforce. Consider me amazed.

koolba 1y ago

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jacquesm 1y ago
You'd think that after more than half a year of outright destruction of your country you'd stop digging. Indeed, elections have consequences, so why are you so upset with the democrats? Aren't you going to fix things now? This is your finest hour, and it will be remembered for a long time, how you acted and what drove you to keep on digging that hole when it was abundantly clear that the path chosen wasn't working at all. Just one thing: don't tell me afterwards that you didn't know.
- koolba 1y ago
  > Indeed, elections have consequences, so why are you so upset with the democrats? Aren't you going to fix things now? The destruction I see is being done by the unreasonable Democrat Senators holding hostage hungry children and Federal workforce. > This is your finest hour, and it will be remembered for a long time, how you acted and what drove you to keep on digging that hole when it was abundantly clear that the path chosen wasn't working at all. The intransigence of the Democrats is what will be remembered here. They will eventually cave, their old guard that did so will be booted in the next primary, and their replacements will have their clocks cleaned in the next general elections.
  - jacquesm 1y ago
    > The destruction I see is being done by the unreasonable Democrat Senators holding hostage hungry children and Federal workforce. Consider me amazed.