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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish35•7 months agoOut of the loop, what do you mean SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT???
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•7 months agohttps://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/congress-has-to-pass-another-stopgap-funding-bill-what-happens-in-a-shutdown/3784733/
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish67•7 months agoIt’s a thing that’s been happening a lot over the past few years where US politicians refuse to sign bills that approve government spending (such as continuing to pay government employees) until their demands about some unrelated thing are met.
minus-squarenosuchuserlinkfedilinkEnglish58•7 months agoI believe the term for this is “political blackmail”. Why it is accepted and legal, I don’t understand.
minus-squaredesktop_user [they/them] linkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agobecause it’s a tool that can be useful
minus-squarenosuchuserlinkfedilinkEnglish12•7 months agoIt shouldn’t have to be useful. This is just a sign of failed governance.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agoIt’s useful in a healthy democracy. Which the US isn’t.
minus-squarenosuchuserlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-27 months agoMaybe as a last resort. Not the defacto standard, every couple of months let’s hold the entire government hostage. Hey let’s do some really evil shit and if you don’t agree, we’re gonna shut down the government and not pay anyone.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish22•7 months agoNo, no, terrorism is when you kill people who have money.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•7 months agoDon’t worry, the DEA will work for IOUs until the matter is settled.
Out of the loop, what do you mean SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT???
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/congress-has-to-pass-another-stopgap-funding-bill-what-happens-in-a-shutdown/3784733/
It’s a thing that’s been happening a lot over the past few years where US politicians refuse to sign bills that approve government spending (such as continuing to pay government employees) until their demands about some unrelated thing are met.
I believe the term for this is “political blackmail”.
Why it is accepted and legal, I don’t understand.
because it’s a tool that can be useful
Useful to whom?
It shouldn’t have to be useful. This is just a sign of failed governance.
It’s useful in a healthy democracy. Which the US isn’t.
Maybe as a last resort. Not the defacto standard, every couple of months let’s hold the entire government hostage.
Hey let’s do some really evil shit and if you don’t agree, we’re gonna shut down the government and not pay anyone.
Yes, of course, as a last resort.
Sounds like terrorism to me
No, no, terrorism is when you kill people who have money.
Don’t worry, the DEA will work for IOUs until the matter is settled.