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A telling indicator of where the current government shutdown stands can be found in a word that is increasingly being uttered across various forums in Washington: November.
Odds are increasing that the current funding shortfall, which began Oct. 1, may continue into next month as both gridlocked lawmakers and analysts try to figure out how the standoff ends.
Some lawmakers are even beginning to express worries that the Thanksgiving travel season in late November could be at risk. More
What part of the Constitution grants the feddle govt authority to own and manage airports and air traffic? Privatize it and sell it to the airlines.
But don’t let BlackRock, Vanguard, Fidelity, State Street, JPMorgan Chase, or Morgan Stanley get their greedy tentacles on any of it.
Happy Thanksgiving, former federal parasites.
So far, I’m not missing a thing.
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But there’s lots of people that are. Like a pay check. We work with an agency that’s been called back. With no pay. They pretty much control everything that gets shipped to the military. If this goes that long they will also destroy the Christmas shopping season. All so Chucky doesn’t lose his job to AOC. I’m also reading that Jeffries is losing all support. Jeffries is pitching a fit that Trump paid the troops. Mean while he’s getting paid. They’re definitely catering to the lunatic fringe. What a joke.
Bad_Brad
Monday, 20 October 2025, 18:38 at 6:38 pm
“^^^^^^
But there’s lots of people that are. Like a pay check. We work with an agency that’s been called back. With no pay. They pretty much control everything that gets shipped to the military.”
…Im with you, Brad. We cant sell without in-plant USDA inspectors for our entire run, and theuyre getting a bit grumpy. Also we are having to lean heavily into the commercial side of the biz as the military isnt being recieved now. Our military assembly is most of one of our buildings and its basically idled. You can do that for a little but if it goes too long your experienced folks start to go elsewhere, so when you DO start back of youre trying to catch up with having to train people after many of your trainers left, and that is pretty inefficient.
Now multiply that by the suppliers that we arent ordering from for ingredients and bags and whatnot, trucks idled from nothing to move, and throw in rent and insurance and everything else you cant stop paying, and it gets to be a whole lot of area effect that the longer it lasts, the harder it is to recover from.
And we are just ONE contrator of several. Our competitors are in the same boat.
And a lot of our stored ingredients are perishable and will expire.
And good luck getting back up for another emergency, like hurricanes and floods and such. Stores will be drawn down if something else comes up…
2026. Marshal law. Full crapshoot.
When the Leftists can not get the Creature Comforts they are used to they will vote to pass this Clean CR so they will not have to suffer from going without.
If I understand the shut down process correctly, it’s done in phases; the longer the government is shut down the more federal employees will be let go, never to be rehired. That’s a lot of pain democrats are going to inflict on their own for votes they already considered sown up. Madness
“Now multiply that by the suppliers that we arent ordering from for ingredients”
Exactly. The biggest reason manufacturing is the key to a great economy is it requires a much larger vendor base than any other segment of the economy. Which is awesome. Until communists start screwing with it. The average guy may not be feeling the impact right now. But if this continues they will. All for partisan politics. Last Friday we were getting e mails direct from a couple AFBs trying to figure out how we could get parts to them. Some of these programs are hand to mouth. What a joke.
Dr. Tar
Some of the comments Jefferies and others are making are beyond cruel. They don’t want any Gov employee paid. Except for them. They’ve got to be destroying the entire party if anybodies paying attention.
Term limits REALLY need to be applied.
👍👍 & you get a lump of coal, Santa. But on the bright side work on the White House ballroom has begun.
On one hand, I have a couple good orders that are in limbo until this gets resolved so I’m looking forward to that happening. On the other hand, even if this clean CR was to have already passed it would have expired just before the holidays and we would be right back in the same spot. What the hell does congress think they’re doing? This is so much bullshit!
“👍👍 & you get a lump of coal, Santa. But on the bright side work on the White House ballroom has begun.”
In case you didn’t get the memo, Trumps paying for that out of his own deep pockets. Now what libtard. It’s amazing how uninformed you people are. And that’s why you’re a libtard. You’re not stupid, you’re just to lazy to learn the truth.
Hey, I feel for all those losing jobs that should NEVER have existed in the first place, but WE ARE BROKE. We simply cannot afford them. These painful cuts have to happen. The longer we wait the worse it’s going to hurt. In spite of what the MSM and the communist party try to tell us; you cannot spend your way out of bankruptcy.
the Democrats have never one time not gone out of their way to punish the public and/or those they think they can exploit by making things harder than they need to be every time there is one of these shutdowns.
Wylie
The last fucking thing you absolutely want is a collapse. And that’s where we are headed. I’m a firm believer in the fact Trump needs to stick it out. No matter what. But you sir have NO idea how this will eventually effect you. Keep typing. I’ll check back in January.
Apologies, but I have no idea (except for the comments – thank you Brad) how it will affect the economy.
However, the Conservatives in congress cannot capitulate. It will give the demwits the power to demand more.
Sometimes (or most times?) political power moves negatively impact the True work force (by design…). We can only hope it will be a temporary impact.
Both sides think they’re winning. One side is clearly *D*elusional.
@Dr. Tar Monday, 20 October 2025, 19:15 at 7:15 pm
“the longer the government is shut down the more federal employees will be let go”
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<wheeze>
You have no idea of the power of the TACO!
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