A government shutdown means I don't get my paycheck. So comrades, please tell me what's being fought over in the budget negotiations. I haven't been paying attention. (hexbear.net)

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I'm a federal employee being required to work during the shutdown (if it happens). I have a critical public safety related job. I'll probably get paid when it's all over. However, I have a lot of coworkers that are really getting fucked

Because I hate hearing about bourgeois bullshit I haven't been paying attention to congressional news. Well, now they got my attention. What the hell is going on over there?

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[-] [email protected] 35 points 2 years ago

It doesn't have to, they could just pass a bill that it would automatically renew the year before's if they don't reach a new agreement in time. They do this so they can have these dramatic little fights.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This is how Canada and the UK function. I imagine it's why the political fights are marginally less dumb.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

Yeah, and the GOP wants cuts from that funding so they won't do it. The whole system just creates a terrible opportunity for this shit to happen again and again though.

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