Politics Trump - What has he done now???

It was a mistake not to get it passed in the last congress. I'm not sure what his advisors where thinking, or if they had no ability to change his mind.

But I don't see the government opening anytime soon. Especially since this will have a big impact on which side gets some momentum going into the 2020 campaign for President depending on which side gets their way. I'm waiting for the Democrats to try and get citizenship for the dreamers and amnesty for taxpaying undocumented workers with a pathway to citizenship in exchange for the wall funding... Add in a whole bunch of other changes too. See if he will claim the wall victory, or is too worried that the backlash to the rest of the items will be too great.

 

I am surprised people aren't out in the streets protesting this. I know I wouldn't show up to a TSA type of job if I wasn't getting paid. Why haven't there been any problems at airports yet? Are the border and customs people getting paid to bring in shipments and clear people returning from overseas? Do people like working for free?

I just wonder how many paychecks people will have to miss before they quit and look for a private sector job?

And that is the other part of the equation. The small government conservatives probably love that the government is shutdown. This is the "smaller government" that they dream of.

And with the Democrats having no incentive to give Trump a victory he can run on in 2020, I see this lasting a long time. (He has already put out campaign ads and asked for donations about this wall).

 

I used to have a government contracting job, but was upset that I still had to work during the government shutdown (we were under contract and had already been paid). At my last job I could have used the free time a lot more than a few paychecks.

 

I hope that voters don't forget a couple of things, setting aside whether or not a southern border wall is needed.

1. Trump promised or guaranteed (I'd need to look up his exact words) that Mexico would pay for the wall.

2. Trump had this planned. He promised/threatened the shutdown--during a carefully orchestrated meeting to which the media was uncharacteristically invited--before the Democrats had officially taken control of the House.

 

I don't get that. Most of the contracts should have already been funded and the money in place. The contractor just has to do the job and prove it was done right.

I never got any time off when the government shut down at my last job.


Anyways, on a bigger picture issue, I would think that the Libertarians and the TEA Party folks are very happy that the government was shutdown, and what to see the government be 800,000 people smaller. Having people quit and look for new jobs outside of government is what they would want.

 

Yeah. Fuck the truth. If you like the truth, you are biased. Join them in lotus land.

 

It does seem like what Putin wants, Putin gets with this administration.