President Trump is a few days away from being able to lay off hundreds of thousands of “non-essential” government workers permanently, at a penstroke.
Which is a fine start.
And at that point, there’s no longer any shutdown. Just the Trump administration saving millions of tax dollars daily, going forward.
If the Dems cave, Trump wins. If they don’t cave, Trump wins.
The Dumbocrats have slugged this tar baby with both fists and both feet, and now they don’t know what to do. And even their own side knows they’re idiots.
Stock up on popcorn and refreshments.
The day Trump tells 800,000 “non-essential” government workers “You’re fired!”, he cements the 2020 GOP nomination. {Google: Reagan/PATCO if you’re unclear on this.}
No Republican president back to Coolidge ever dared do as much.
The day the Dems cave and give him any funding for a wall, he locks up the 2020 general election.
Dear Queen Alzheimer’s: Don’t like more President Trump? This shutdown is how you get more President Trump.
Looks like your boondoggle trip isn’t the only thing shot down and grounded by the President. This is what happens when the Speaker of the House tries to play high-stakes poker with a deuce-level mind against the King of Diamonds.
And as this drags on, he’s as likely to say “No, sorry, $5B was the offer last month. But with layoffs, I’ve freed up tons of government money going forward. Now the offer is $10B for the Wall, or nothing. Next month, it’s $20B. Your move. -click-”
I haven’t seen anyone do anything as gloriously stupid as this shutdown standoff since 30M illegals decided to show us “A Day Without A Mexican”, and the freeway traffic was the lightest it’s been here in 20 years.
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If they are considered “non-essential” then why were they hired in the first place? Do private employers hire people that are “non-essential” to their business? I don’t think so. The government is supposed to perform only essential functions, like protect our border, maintain our infrastructure, and maintain a strong, safe currency. Which apparently they can’t even do that.
Brilliant. Sure hope Trump or one of his advisers reads TBP.
Great idea, and get rid of most of the “essential” ones as well. Wishful thinking, though. No serious moves to cut back the federal government will come until the economy implodes; then they’ll have no choice.
When does the food stamp money run out? Early February?
Should be entertaining to watch the Dem cities burn themselves to the ground, and the Dem politicians begging Trump to declare a national emergency.
“…Dem politicians begging Trump to declare a national emergency.” After all the dem voters have returned to their homeland.
Heads I win / tails you lose. How do you like that shit, deuce bag?
I totally disagree.
If the Dems “cave”, it’s actually a huge win for them.
$5.7B for a useless wall in exchange for all those concessions is FUCKING STEAL.
When Trump exits in 2020 and Tulsi Gabbard or whoever is elected, whatever portion of the wall that has been built gets torn down (another huge win for the Dems) and all THE FUCKING DREAMER WETBACKS AND MUZZIES STAY HERE!
America is on deathwatch.
The wall is a setup.
Disagree about the wall being useless, but agree that the Dems should be happy with what can get in exchange. Except that they know that if Trump doesn’t build any wall, he loses in 2020. So they’ll sell out all of the illegals, dreamers, TPS’ers, whatever… in order to make sure Trump doesn’t build any wall.
Tulsi Gabbard has as much chance of winning the democrat nomination as Ron Paul had of winning the republican nomination. Only four men who were elected president were defeated in their reelection bid: Taft, Hoover, Carter and Bush the elder. It’s not that easy to pick off an incumbent.
I hope that happens. I would cheer.
This is so different than the PATCO strike. Those guys broke the law to go out on strike. If Trump fired people just because he can – when they didn’t break the law and didn’t go out on strike – he’d just be seen as a dick. I’m sure we could get by with a much smaller federal workforce, but most of those individual workers do some productive work.
There was a day without Mexicans? And I missed it? Damn, this is Aodh Mor MacRaynall and I want credit for this. Why is my name being deleted
If the Democrats self-destruct 800,000 jobs, only replace positions that are absolutely needed and only with the most competent applicants.
While I hate the NFL, Draft Day is probably the best representation of slavery in the united States available.