Don't end the shut down

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  1. FreshAir

    FreshAir Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    You're talking about government jobs, so not really. The government is a net negative, so the less, the better.
     
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    not hardly, every employee that gets a paycheck spends it in local stores and such

    also when food stamps are effected, your local grocery stores will be effected, their employees will be effected

    it's not a simple as some on the right think
     
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    Can't wait until trump throws in the towel.
     
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    Removing all of those government employees from the payroll would leave ALL of our borders WIDE OPEN.

    There would be no Border patrol, no Customs and Immigration, no Coast guard, no TSA, no FBI and no IRS!

    The entire government would collapse without any funding.

    The nation would be in a state of utter CHAOS!

    The OP proposal is NOT based on REALITY!
     
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    Giving people money doesn't add anything to the economy. In the real world, we get paid because we provide value to our customers. Government doesn't do that. You might as well spend your money on a bomb and send it on over to some middle eastern country to turn sand into sand.
     
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    did you learn that at Trump University.... when people do not have jobs, they have no money to spend and that does hurt the economy in these large numbers your talking about
     
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    Don't worry. I'll figure out a way to spend the money that would normally go to taxes far better than the government, which just flushes it down the toilet.

    Ya see, just handing out my money to other people who didn't work to produce something of equal value is just another way of spending my money. I can do that just fine by myself.
     
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    doesn't work that way and you know it, you pay off the republicans two wars with your taxes, it's already spent
     
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    Your money will be WORTHLESS without the US government.
     
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    lol!!!! You keep telling yourself that. I know that democrats adore the government and their lives would be worthless without it, but conservatives don't think like that.
     
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    then build your own wall, why do you want the government to do it for you?

    so now we have the truth, the right elected Trump to destroy the American government... the Taliban would be proud :(
     
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    It doesn't matter what "conservatives think"!

    The dollar is only supported by the "full faith and credit of the US government".

    If it does not exist the dollar becomes worthless.
     
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    There's a bit of a gray area between destroying the government and slimming it down to just a wall and your social welfare queens and all the various government swamp rodents having to find real work.
     
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    All of those terrorists must be in awe of the damage that the BLOTUS in inflicting on America.

    Way more than anything they could ever accomplish.
     
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    umm... does anybody actually keep more than spending money in USD? If they do, they're idiots. People with money don't keep it in banks because the interest isn't enough to make up for inflation. It's why we have investments.

    Try thinking of it in terms of wealth rather than money. That might help.
     
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    That's easy, cancel his golf trips.
     
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    The OP is suggesting ELIMINATING all of the essential agencies necessary to protect this nation and that includes the military since it can't be funded without the IRS.
     
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    With the US government eliminated the economy will collapse along with all funds invested in them.
     
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    This is where I agree with the democrats. We need to keep and maintain the nuclear arsenal, but that's about it.
     
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    FreshAir Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    you sound like someone without America's best interests at heart? Russian?
     
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    Ahh, the ol' Russian conspiracy.

    You could have just taken my arguments at face value and dealt honestly with them. But noooooooo!!!! You had to start seeing Russians again.

    You guys are gonna lose this war. We will get our wall, and you're going to have to come up with some reason why you lost it, and you can blame the Russians if that makes you feel better about it, but I'm a conservative which means I don't worship the government, so a government shutdown doesn't worry me. In fact, I love it!
     
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    you could of just answered the question.... just seems weird that you would be happy destroying the American government...
     
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    Only if the people who lost government jobs commit suicide or leave the country instead of finding another job.
     
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    I don't think many did in the first place.
     

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